Instead of relying upon a small, stable, well-paid, and well-trained workforce, the fast food industry seeks out part-time, unskilled workers who are willing to accept low pay. teenagers have been the perfect candidates for these jobs, not only because they are less expensive to hire than adults, but also because their youthful inexperience makes them easier to control. which of the following choices best presents a counterclaim to the argument presented in this excerpt? teenagers have not yet developed skills that make them valuable employees in the workforce. fast food restaurants are able to employ people who otherwise might not be able to find a job because of the low skill level required to perform the tasks. the mcdonald brothers designed the speedee service system based on the assembly line systems of american factories in the early twentieth century. by law, fast food restaurants must offer equal employment opportunities to those seeking work.

Answer :

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "Counterclaim" as "a statement that someone makes in answer to a statement that has been made by someone else, and that is different from it."

The following choice best presents a counterclaim to the argument presented in the given excerpt :

Fast food restaurants are able to employ people who otherwise might not be able to find a job because of the low skill level required to perform the tasks.

The statement "Teenagers have not yet developed skills that make them valuable employees in the workforce." is a repetition of the argument presented in the given excerpt.

The statements "The McDonald brothers designed the Speedee Service System based on the assembly line systems of American factories in the early twentieth century." and "By law, fast food restaurants must offer equal employment opportunities to those seeking work." are completely irrelevant and unrelated to the argument offered in this passage.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.