8. To prevent some conflicts of interest, Congress could prohibit high-level government officials from accepting positions as lobbyists for three years after such officials leave government service. One such official concluded, however, that such a prohibition would be unfortunate because it would prevent high-level government officials from earning a livelihood for three years.
The official’s conclusion logically depends on which of the following assumptions?
A. Laws should not restrict the behavior of former government officials.
B. Lobbyists are typically people who have previously been high-level government officials.
C. Low-level government officials do not often become lobbyists when they leave government service.
D. High-level government officials who leave government service are capable of earning a livelihood only as lobbyists.
E. High-level government officials who leave government service are currently permitted to act as lobbyists for only three years.

The official’s argument does not depend on the assumption in B, since the argument would not be invalidated if
lobbyists were not typically former high-level government officials.

B 选项 是不是和解释矛盾？？？？？ 怎样去理解这个解释??? 谢谢

OG的解释是说，假设B不正确，argument仍然成立，所以说明B不是argument的assumption。