Economist: In general, several apprentices working together produce about the same amount in an hour as a single more highly trained worker. Hence the more highly trained worker can usually command several times the hourly wage of an apprentice. Thus if the apprentice wage is increased, the hourly wages of more highly trained workers will generally rise by a proportionate amount. Ttherefore the reason that more highly trained workers favor an increased apprentice wage is that it would increase their own wages. The economist's reasoning is flawed because the economist takes for granted that ['an increase in the apprentice wage would benefit only highly trained workers', 'if a policy change that people support would work in their favor, that is why they support it', 'the wages of highly trained workers will usually not increase unless the apprentice wage increases', 'if one event causes another event, then the first event occurs whenever the second event occurs']