PrepTest 92+, Section 1, Question 14
Jones: A budget deficit is good for the country's finances; it discourages excessive government spending.
Jones: A budget deficit is good for the country's finances; it discourages excessive government spending.
Espinosa: That's like saying that reaching the credit limit on your credit cards is a good thing for your finances because it discourages you from spending excessively. While it's true that reaching your credit limit will likely discourage you from spending excessively, it's still poor financial management. You should have stayed out of debt in the first place. The same goes for governments.
Jones: A budget deficit is good for the country's finances; it discourages excessive government spending.
Espinosa: That's like saying that reaching the credit limit on your credit cards is a good thing for your finances because it discourages you from spending excessively. While it's true that reaching your credit limit will likely discourage you from spending excessively, it's still poor financial management. You should have stayed out of debt in the first place. The same goes for governments.
Jones: A budget deficit is good for the country's finances; it discourages excessive government spending.
The strategy Espinosa uses in responding to Jones's argument is to
provide an argument that is analogous to the one given by Jones but that is clearly fallacious
demonstrate that Jones's position presupposes what it sets out to prove
offer empirical evidence that undermines Jones's conclusion
argue that Jones's reasoning about finances is questionable because of Jones's poor management of personal finances
suggest that Jones's conclusion is more general than is warranted by the evidence Jones presents
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