Columnist: Although most people favor the bill and the bill does not violate ... ...

Columnist: Although most people favor the bill and the bill does not violate anyone’s basic human rights, it will not be passed for many years, if at all; nor will any similar bill. Those people who would be adversely affected were it to become law are very influential. This shows that, if this country is a democracy at all, it is not a well-functioning one.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the columnist’s reasoning?


(A) In a well-functioning democracy, any bill that would benefit most people will be passed into law within a few years if it does not violate anyone’s basic human rights.
(B) ...
(C) ...
(D) ...
(E) ...

*This question is included in PT70 (Oct 2013): Logical Reasoning A