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Re: CR - A proposed change to federal income tax laws would elim

by SnowH569 Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:50 pm

Hi Ron,

Below is also the reason why I eliminated A in the first place. I understand that you have answered this question from the negate perspective.

Would you mind elaborating more on why "some people don't donate much" could be an assumption? "some people" don't donate much, BUT "most people" may still donate regardless of any revise in provision. Thus, it's very hard to convince me that it's 100% true. I know the rule for the right answer, and i'm not trying to question it. However, a similar question was in an OG problem that i recently encountered, and the explanation eliminated the "some of" answer because of the reason stated above.

It's very confusing.

duyng9989 Wrote:I have a question:

How to negate the choice A and B?

What is the opposite argument of A and B?

I did not select A because "at least some". I thought that: okay, the tax incentive makes wealthy people donate money. But without the tax incentive, some people dont donate that much (but they still donate some). Therefore, even without the tax deduction, charitable institutions still have money (not much but some) to continue their service. Therefore, I eliminated A.

What's wrong with my reasoning?

please help :(

Thank you
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Re: CR - A proposed change to federal income tax laws would elim

by RonPurewal Fri May 06, 2016 4:11 am

you are confusing "necessary" with "sufficient".

an assumption is something that's NECESSARY for an argument to work -- but it absolutely does NOT need to make the argument work by itself!!
there might also be 500 other things that are also necessary.

for some reason you're trying to prove the conclusion of the argument. in other words, you're trying to do something that has absolutely nothing to do with the task at hand.
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Re: CR - A proposed change to federal income tax laws would elim

by RichaChampion Sun Jun 26, 2016 6:52 am

Ron Sir,

Can you please help me to negate the option D.
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Re: CR - A proposed change to federal income tax laws would elim

by RonPurewal Sun Jul 03, 2016 6:05 am

the argument certainly assumes that wealthy donors' donations have a significant impact -- but it should be obvious that the argument isn't assuming that there are no other donors (which is what D says).

what is your question about choice D?
you can't just say "explain this choice" -- you have to ask a specific question about it.
thanks.