Question

Read the passage.

Many countries in Europe, South America, and Asia provide free (or virtually free) college opportunities. Many countries even offer classes in English, even if English is not the official language! Students can attend public schools with good reputations and pay nothing, or very small registration fees, each year. Most of the countries that offer free public tuition have high income tax rates, sometimes as much as 60 percent; in contrast, a four-member, middle-class family with two children in the United States usually pays about 20 percent.

Anushka is writing an essay supporting free college tuition for all citizens of the United States. What idea from the passage might cause Anushka to adjust her argument?

The colleges that offer free tuition are schools with good reputations.
Several countries around the world offer free or very inexpensive college tuition.
Countries that offer free tuition tend to have higher taxes than the United States.
Other countries offer programs in English, even if English is not the official language of that country.

Answer 1

Countries that offer free tuition tend to have higher taxes than the United States.

Reason: the passage says many countries with free public college fund it via much higher income-tax rates, so Anushka would need to address the likely tax increases required to pay for free college in the U.S.