Governments have only one response to public criticism of socially necessary services: regulation of the activity of providing those services. But governments inevitably make the activity more expensive by regulating it, and that is particularly troublesome in these times of strained financial resources. However, since public criticism of childcare services has undermined all confidence in such services, and since such services are socially necessary, the government is certain to respond. Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage? ['The cost of providing child-care services will increase.', 'The quality of child care will improve.', 'If child-care services are not regulated, the cost of providing child care will not increase.', 'The government will use funding to foster advances in child care.']