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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."



    The author of the ariticle concludes that the fatest way for Beauvile to simulate economic develoment and reuduce unemployment is to provide tax incentives and financial inducements.To justify the conclusion the author cites a government report last years that Dillton reduced its corporate tax by 15 percent and offered company that would relocate to Dillton the relocation grants and favorable rates on city utilities. The author also points out that two companies moved to Dillton within 18 months.I find this argument specious on  several grounds.

    First of all, the author fails to indicate that the Dillton's new policies was the main reason that the two companies moved to Dillton.Based on the fact that the two companies' relocation to Dillton occured after  promulgating of the new policy,the arguer infers that  the policy  was responsible for the relocation. However the sequence of these events does not suffice to prove that the earlier development caused the later one. It might have resulted from other events instead. Perhaps, the two companies moved to Dillton just  because that the market in Dillton was very large and the price of raw materials is lower than that in others.Without ruling out this, the author can not establish a cause-and-effect relationship between the new policy in Dillton and the movement of two companies.

   Secondly,even assuming that movement of the two companies was caused by the Dillton's incentive,it is nevertheless impossible to ensure that Beauville can stimulate economic development by promulgating similar policy. It is entiredly possible that  Beauvile's condition differs a lot from Dillton's.For example,perhaps the consumption in Beauvile is very low and few companies want to move to it inspite of tax incentives.
   Thirdly, supposing that Beauville promulgates some tax incentives and some companies move to Beauville,it is also too hastily to say that the unemployment would be reduced. The arguer show no evidence that the newly arrived companies would recruite new memebers in Beauville. Lacking such evidence, there are possibilities that newly arrived companies would not need to recuite new members; Or perhaps they recruite new employees from other cities.If in that case, the unemployment in Beauville would not be reduced.

   Finally, even if tax incentives can simulate economic development and reduce unemployment in Beauville,the arguer assumes too hastily that it is the fastest way. Nor did the author provide any evidence to show this method is efficent ,he or she compare the method with other ways,neither. It is likely that this way is not as effecient as the author assumes and there is some other ways that is more effective.

   To sum up this,the arguer fails to substantiate the conclusion that the fatest way for Beauvile to stimulate economic development and reduce unemployment is to provide tax incentives and other financial inducements. To bolster it,the author must provide clear evidence to show that the movement of two companies mentioned above is caused by tax incentives and detailed comparison between Beauville and Dilton.The author must also show how efficent would this incentives be and compare it with other ways. If the argument had included these given fators discussed above ,it would have been more thorough and logically acceptable.   


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两家公司转移到Dillton不一定是由于税收政策好
即使是因为税收政策好，两家公司转移到Dillton,那也是Dillton的事，在Beauville不一定有效
即使税收政策也能使其它公司转移到Beauville，那也不一定能降低失业率
即使税收政策可以降低失业率，刺激经济，其也不一定是最高效的
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