What does the author admit about the proposal?
Whether students should pay for university is usually discussed as a question of fairness between graduates and the general taxpayer. Graduates earn more on average, the argument goes, so they should contribute. That is plausible but incomplete. Average earnings hide wide variation, and a flat debt falls hardest on those whose degrees lead to modest incomes. A graduate contribution collected through the tax system, as a percentage of earnings above a threshold, would adjust to what each person can afford. It would also remove the apparent paradox of a loan that many will never fully repay. The proposal is not free of difficulty, for it asks graduates to pay for decades. But it matches what is charged to what is received more closely than a fixed sum can.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. That it requires graduates to make payments for many years
- Step 1: The passage says the proposal 'asks graduates to pay for decades'.
- Step 2: That is the admitted difficulty.
Answer
That it requires graduates to make payments for many years.
Why not the others: No claims are made about revenue, unfairness to high earners, collection or numbers.
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