TASK DEFINITION: In this task you will be given a claim and a perspective. You should determine whether that perspective supports or undermines the claim. If the perspective could possibly convince someone with different view, it is supporting, otherwise it is undermining.
PROBLEM: claim: Governments should ban the media from reporting hostage-taking.
 perspective: Exaggeration by the media hurts the situation more than helping it along

SOLUTION: support

PROBLEM: claim: The federal minimum wage should be increased.
 perspective: If minimum wage is increase so would the economy. The more money consumers have, the more consumers buy, thus also increasing the economy. 

SOLUTION: support

PROBLEM: claim: The federal minimum wage should be increased.
 perspective: The cost of living has increased but minimum wage has stayed the same. 

SOLUTION:
support