Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Mullen has proposed to raise taxes on the rich, who made so much money

­Let me try to help you.

The argument goes like:

1. Mullen is requesting to tax rich people because they made a lot of money in the past decade.

2. Mullen's tax records show that he made a lot of money in the past decade.

3. Finally, the author concludes to not consider Mullen's request.

Basically, the logic is that Mullen is trying to do "harm" himself, so don't let him do it.

Option A says: that Smith is a working parent. He is requesting to subsidize child care for working parents like himself.
Here, the logic is that Smith is possibly trying to get a "benefit" for himself. I say possibly because we don't know whether Smith even has a child or not - so it's not clear whether he will even benefit from this plan or not, at the very best he'll get a "benefit" not "harm", unlike the argument. Eliminate A

Option B says: that Han is requesting to ban smoking. He
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Statistics : Posted by 8Harshitsharma • on 12 May 2020, 02:21 • Replies 8 • Views 6571

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