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The government has no right to tax earnings from labor. [#permalink]
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The government has no right to tax earnings from labor. Taxation of this kind requires the laborer to devote a certain percentage of hours worked to earning money for the government. Thus, such taxation forces the laborer to work, in part, for another’s purpose. Since involuntary servitude can be defined as forced work for another’s purpose, just as involuntary servitude is pernicious, so is taxing earnings from labor. The argument uses which one of the following argumentative techniques? (A) deriving a general principle about the rights of individuals from a judgment concerning the obligations of governments (B) inferring what will be time case merely from a description of what once was the case (C) inferring that since two institutions are similar in one respect they are similar in another respect (D) citing the authority of an economic theory in order to justify a moral principle (E) presupposing the inevitability of a hierarchical class system in order to oppose a given economic practice
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A : trap. It does talk about "right" in first sentence but not about the govt obligations. C : Just as "taxing by govt" is similar to "involuntary servitude" in one respect (forced work) both are "pernicious" IMO : C
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Re: The government has no right to tax [#permalink]
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C it is The government has no right to tax earnings from labor. Taxation of this kind requires the laborer to devote a certain percentage of hours worked to earning money for the government. Thus, such taxation forces the laborer to work, in part, for another’s purpose. Since involuntary servitude can be defined as forced work for another’s purpose, just as involuntary servitude is pernicious, so is taxing earnings from labor.(C) inferring that since two institutions are similar in one respect they are similar in another respect got the catch ??vry easy 
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Re: The government has no right to tax [#permalink]
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(A) deriving a general principle about the rights of individuals from a judgment concerning the obligations of governments
-- No where the author point is about the individual's rights. Hence cannot be a correct answer choice.
(B) inferring what will be time case merely from a description of what once was the case
-- Irrelevant. Hence not a correct answer choice.
(C) inferring that since two institutions are similar in one respect they are similar in another respect
-- Taxations and involuntary servitude are the two institutions. Since both are similar in aspect of forced labor, author inferred / concluded both are pernicious. Hence C is a correct answer choice.
(D) citing the authority of an economic theory in order to justify a moral principle
-- Economic theory? Irrelevant.
(E) presupposing the inevitability of a hierarchical class system in order to oppose a given economic practice
-- It is trying to oppose economic theory, but there is no presupposition.
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Re: The government has no right to tax [#permalink]
02 Aug 2010, 13:52
between C and A.chose C.........A looked out of scope .......above explanations satisfactory .......
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Re: The government has no right to tax [#permalink]
05 Aug 2010, 07:01
Since "taxing on earnings" and "involuntary servitude" ==> are similar in one respect (forced work), both are similar in other respect (deadly) as well.
Hence C.
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Re: The government has no right to tax [#permalink]
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C it should be!
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Re: The government has no right to tax [#permalink]
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Fell for D
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Re: The government has no right to tax [#permalink]
14 Sep 2010, 06:16
+1 for C
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