The following appeared as a recommendation by a committee planning a ten-year budget for the city of Calatrava. The birthrate in our city is declining: in fact, last year ’ s birthrate was only one-half that of five years ago. Thus the number of students enrolled in our public schools will soon decrease dramatically, and we can safely reduce the funds budgeted for education during the next decade. At the same time, we can reduce funding for athletic playing fields and other recreational facilities. As a result, we will have sufficient money to fund city facilities and programs used primarily by adults, since we can expect the adult population of the city to increase.
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
下面是 Calatrava 城委员会提出的 10 年预算中的建议: 我们城市的出生率正在降低 : 事实上 , 去年的出生率只有五年前的一 半 。 因此公立学校招收的学生数量将会大量减少 , 并且我们能在今后 十年无风险地减少教育的专款预算 。 同时 , 我们能减少体育运动场地 和其他娱乐设施的专款 。 因此 , 由于我们可预料城市的成年人口将会 增长 , 我们将有充足的钱为主要被成年人使用的城市设施和活动提供 资金。
我找出了3个逻辑错误: 1:成年人口将增加,需要提供死亡人数和青少年进入成年的人数。 2:政府收入是否在未来10年保持至少不变的证据,否则有可能总教育开支 (包括未成年人和成年人)会被削减。 3:公立学校入学人数下降不能成为却见运动场和娱乐设施的资金的原因,需要提供青少年(学生)是使用这些设施的主要人群的证据。
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