Suppose your thesis sentence is "government regulations such as devaluation, tariffs and subsidies will not solve the U.S. trade deficit, so we need to address this serious problem through increasing the productivity of our industries." Which of the following statements would not be an appropriate main point?
A. The trade deficit is a serious problem in the U.S.
B. Japanese and German industries have much better quality control methods than we do.
C. Current governmental solutions are not effective in reducing the trade deficit.
D. Certain changes in our management and production practices would increase productivity enough to reduce the deficit.
E. Any of these statements could be used as a main point.
