题目选项分析

Cutting taxes is often viewed as a way to speed economic development. However, cutting taxes means that the government collects less revenue and, since the government is a major spender in the economy, less money will be spent in the economy. This results in low economic growth, and those arguing to cut taxes as a means to stimulate the economy are wrong.

In the above argument, the bold phrase plays which of the following roles?

【选项】It states one of the argument's premises, that reducing taxes causes low economic growth.