Critical Reasoning (CR) | Editorial: Five years ago, Merryvale closed its municipal garbage-

­Editorial: Five years ago, Merryvale closed its municipal garbage-collection department and received several proposals for garbage-collection work from private contractors. Now the city pays less for garbage collection, the private contractor doing the work shows a profit, and residents say they are more satisifed with the garbage-collection service. This increase in effeciency constitutes a clear example of the benefits that result when competition motivates people to do high quality work at lowercost.

The conclusion of the editorial is thefollowing:

This increase in effeciency constitutes a clear example of the benefits that result when competition motivates people to do high quality work at lowercost.

The editorial includes no statements that directly support the conclusion. After all, the passage does not directly mention "competition."

At the same time, the fact that the city "received several proposals for garbage-collection work from private contractors"
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