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 presents information to counter the expected claims of critics.