argument237 sweetbox 第七次作业

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The claim that Beauville should provide tax incentives and other financial inducements in order to stimulate economic development and reduce unemployment seems somewhat reasonable at first glance. After all, the arguer does offer some relevant evidence, and the assumptions weakening this argument are not without any merit. However, three important concerns which he/she fails to take into account may undermine the argument seriously.

In the first place, lacking more specific information about the two manufacturing companies moved to Dillton, it is impossible to jump to the conclusion that those relocation grants and favorable rates on city utilities did attract them. The arguer ignores other factors-- such as environment, profitable market, abundant resource which used for products and convenient transportation-- which may be more important in determining the site of company. Any of the above scenarios, if true, would cause seriously doubt to this argument.

In the second place, the arguer unfairly assumes that those measures taken in Dillton would literally have the same effect in Beauville. Obviously he/she fails to take into account possible differences between the two places that might lead to various results. For example, Dillton may be rich in metal, and then a company whose products made from metal certainly prefers to choose Dillton as the new site of its branch company. In a word, the arguer commits a false analogy.

What further weakens the argument is without knowing more information about the employ of 300 people, we cannot accept the author's conclusion. It is possible that all of the 300 people came with the original company from other city, or only a small part of employees were residents in Dillton, then the assumption that the road Dillton walks can lead to less unemployment turns out to be completely presumptuous.

As it stands, this argument suffers from three critical flaws. To strengthen it, the arguer would have to demonstrate that reduced corporate tax rate, relocation grants and favorable rate on city utilities did lead to the prosperity of Dillton. Furthermore, he/she must provide enough and acceptable evidence to rule out all the above-mentioned possibilities that might undermine the argument.