参考答案：C

解析：

US political scientist Eric Oliver said his first instinct was to laugh at these gas and fast food arguments. But such (57) are getting attention.从文中看以看出，有人对这一征税的举动产生了不同的意见，但是这样一个说法正得到更多的关注。Answer 是答案，talk谈话，laughs是嘲笑。