OG 10 : VR : 110 : Annual cost to the United States ...

It has been estimated that the annual cost to the United
States of illiteracy in lost industrial output and tax
revenues is at least $20 billion a year.

E)lost industrial output and tax revenues cost the
United States at least $20 billion a year because of
illiteracy


Choice E is particularly
garbled in reversing cause and effect, saying that it is lost
output and revenues rather than illiteracy that costs the
United States over $20 billion a year.