"All workers deserve to be treated with respect and paid a decent, living wage. Therefore, I pay all the employees at my chicken processing plant at least a nickel above the minimum wage and give them a half day off for Christmas and New Year's." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.

A. The weak analogy fallacy
B. the slippery-slope fallacy
C. The fallacy of inconsistency
D. The fallacy of hasty generalization
E. None of the answers are correct


Answer: C

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