(A) If the government of Ostronia ceases to subsidize railroad companies. few of those companies will continue to operate.
(B) Few companies in Ostronia that have received subsidies from the government have taken the needs and desires of their customers into account.
(C) Without government subsidies, railroad companies in Ostronia would have to increase the prices they charge their customers.
(D) The transportation system in Ostronia is no more efficient today than it was in the past.
(E) In recent years, some companies in Ostronia that have had little regard for the desires of their customers have nonetheless survived.
The argument proceeds by
(A) providing evidence that one event will occur in order to establish that an altemative event cannot occur
(B) showing that two situations are similar in order to justify the claim that someone with certain responsibilities in the first situation has similar responsibilities in the second situation
(C) invoking sympathy for someone who finds himself in a dilemma in order to excuse that person’s failure to meet all of his responsibilities