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I don't analyse the type of the stimulus. I just think that: Critics conclude that: the President’s recent highway project cancellations demonstrate a vindictive desire to punish legislative districts controlled by opposition parties. Critics' Evidence: 90 percent of the projects canceled were in such districts--ie.legislative districts controlled by opposition parties. Press secretary's Conclustion(counterargument): So the President’s choice was clearly motivated by sound budgetary policy, not partisan politics. Press secretary's evidence: But all of the canceled projects had been identified as wasteful in a report written by respected nonpartisan auditors. Logic gap between: all of the canceled projects in nonpartisan report were wasteful --- 90 percent of the projects canceled were in districts controlled by opposition parties, so Secretary assumeed that the wateful projects were mainly in districts contrlled by opposition parties, i.e. B,The scheduled highway projects identified as wasteful in the report were not mostly projects in districts controlled by the President’s party. D is out of scope. I think expensive doesn't mean wasteful necessarily, what's more, D seems not to be related to the secretary's reasoning. The above is just my personal opinion. Please let me know if I am wrong. |