【欢迎拍文小组】2010/07/08-----argument237

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B市的确是降低了税率，但是如果D市本来税收就高，降低后可能还会很高，甚至比B市高。另外，只说了降低某一种税，其他的税并未提及，像，土地使用税、企业所得税、增值税等。同样的我们只知道D市提供搬迁优惠等，对于B是一无所知，如果B市本来就不存在这些费用的征收，这项措施对于B市来说没有任何参考意见。

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我们不知道这两个公司是否是因为上述政策才搬到这里来的，或许是之前就已经签好合约，或者是冲着D市的潜在市场而来，而这时B市所不具备的，或者是因为环保等原因B不要的

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即使他们是因为上述政策而来，18个月的时间并不能充分说明有效，并且，只有两个公司也未必就是得到了大多数公司的认可。我们在知道有2个公司搬进来的同时并不知道有多少公司搬出去，在有300人就业的同时，并不知道有多少失业了。因此对D的经济影响我们也无法得知

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即使上述政策确实促进了D市的经济增长和失业率的降低，但拿到B市未必有效，因为一系列原因，譬如：B市是一个福利很好的城市，许多居民即使不用工作也不用担心经济问题；B市是以旅游等第三产业为主导的，上述措施对工业可能有效，但对于这个就不起作用；B市的地理条件没有D市优越，处于深山中，地形复杂，没有任何公路通过，很难开发利用，人们大都外出打工，因此B市应该做的是因地制宜，同时跟其他经济发达的城市搞好关系，方便人力输出。

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最后，即便D市和B市条件都一样，B市采取的这些措施应当去吸引一些各种形式的大的集团公司，而不单单只局限于私人公司，这对发展促进作用很小，更谈不上fastest。
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TOPIC: ARGUMENT237 - The following appeared as part of an article in a local Beauville newspaper.

"According to a government report, last year the city of Dillton reduced its corporate tax rate by 15 percent; at the same time, it began offering relocation grants and favorable rates on city utilities to any company that would relocate to Dillton. Within 18 months, two manufacturing companies moved to Dillton, where they employ a total of 300 people. Therefore, the fastest way for Beauville to stimulate economic development and hence reduce unemployment is to provide tax incentives and other financial inducements that encourage private companies to relocate here."
WORDS: 535          TIME: 00:50:00          DATE: 2010/7/8 11:11:44

According to a local newspaper of Beauville, the arguer claims that this city should take some measures to increase their economic and reduce unemployment. This recommendation is based on the observation that Dillton has done well among this. Meanwhile, the arguer assumes that attracting personal companies is the fastest way to reaching their goal. At the first glance, this argument seems logical, but further consideration reveals that it remains unconvincing for several critical flaws.
The threshold of problem with this argument is that no evidence shows that the policy in Dillton is favorable than in Beauville. To some extent, although the corporate tax was reduced, we cannot figure out that this action would bring any superiority to Dillton than Beauville, without clarify the following matters, for instance, whether other taxes (land use charge, business income tax, value-added tax) rat increase in a large amount, whether the tax rate are still much more than Beauville after decreasing by 15 percent. Other grants and favorable rates is insufficient neither. What if those fees don’s ever exist in Beauville. As a consequence, those deeds have little reference value to the latter city.
Another logical problem that weakens this assertion is that we don’t know what the appropriate reasons leading to the two companies’ investment is. Perhaps the answer is the hidden market of Dillton, whereas Beaullive doesn’t. Or perhaps the two corporations had already sign the agreements before those policies coming out. It’s also reasonable that these firms broke the laws by immense pollution and were expelled by the Beauville government, only Dillton was willing to accept them.
Meanwhile, even though they came to Dillton owing to its superior condition, 18 months isn’t adequate enough to conclude the efficiency of these works, needless to say there were only two companies. What’s more, if it is true that there are more companies moving out than in, and more people lose their job while only 300 get new, these measures won’t be as useful as the arguer said.
In addition, the author assumes without justification that the background conditions in Dillton have remained the same in Beauville in that the author ignored that many implicit factors keep changing at different time and different locations. When the unemployed in the latter city can receive plethora allowance thanks to its well-developed welfare, when the most dominant brace of Beauville is the tertiary industry rather than the manufacture, when Beauville is located in a mountain area without any roads connected to the outside, the best way to develop local economy is largely distinct from Dillton.
Before I come to my conclusion, it’s necessary to point out the last flaw involved in this argument that without regarding to the difference between the two city, in order to develop fast, all kinds of companies should be imported especially those large-scale enterprises instead of just personal ones.
In conclusion, the assumption is not well-reasoned and well-supported. To convince me that such measures will work need to provide clearer statistical evidence that the Dillton’s economy accelerate with these policies. What’s more, to better evaluate the recommendation, I would be informed of more information with reference to the prospect if Beauville takes actions with the example of Diilton.