House Republicans have been arguing that entitlement programs such as Social Security and
Medicare need to be reduced by up to 10%. But is depriving our elderly of all government
assistance really what we want to do? I don’t think so. These are the people who have sacrificed
for us, their children, and they deserve better in their old age.
What will be an ideal response?
ANS:This
passage contains an argument. The issue is whether entitlement programs such as
Social Security and Medicare need to be reduced by up to 10%. The conclusion is that the elderly
should not be deprived of all government assistance. The first premise is that the elderly are the
people who have sacrificed for us, their children. The second premise is that the elderly deserve
better in their old age.
This argument commits the strawman fallacy because the conclusion is not relevant to the
original issue. Instead, the arguer supports a conclusion that distorts what is being argued.
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