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16 Feb 2018, 23:41
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The following advice was given to a politician by his political consultant: "It is true that 200 apartment renters protested in the rain about the elimination of rent control regulation. However, there are 20,000 renters in the entire city. 19,800 of them stayed home and did not protest. The group that did not protest is much larger and better represents the opinion of renters throughout the city that the elimination of rent control is not a problem. You should not let the small protest discourage you."
The consultants position is faulty because it overlooks several details the size of protest under extreme conditions might not be a curate representation of the people opposing rent control. The rainy conditions during the protest further raises doubts over using the turnout to measure of public opinion. Several protesters might be deterred by the conditions.
The argument assume the people who didn’t show up for protest automatically are in favor of deregulating rent. Thus, the opinions of all the renters is not accurately accounted for in the argument. It will be prudent to gather opinions form all the renters before taking the decision.
There is no information about the size of the city's population and the demography of the renters. This is an important piece of information to consider. If most of the renters belong to lower income groups, any increase in rent can cause severe demoparties eruption. It is also not mentioned if the properties are commercial or residential. Increasing rent of commercial properties might cause inflation and make some businesses not viable. Whereas is they are residential properties the number of people affected will be much higher as families will be sharing a house. Counting the number of renters does not take in account the actual number of people affected.
To make the argument stronger information of demography, size of population and details of rented entities must be considered. The current arguments are weak because it ignores information.
The consultants position is faulty because it overlooks several details the size of protest under extreme conditions might not be a curate representation of the people opposing rent control. The rainy conditions during the protest further raises doubts over using the turnout to measure of public opinion. Several protesters might be deterred by the conditions.
The argument assume the people who didn’t show up for protest automatically are in favor of deregulating rent. Thus, the opinions of all the renters is not accurately accounted for in the argument. It will be prudent to gather opinions form all the renters before taking the decision.
There is no information about the size of the city's population and the demography of the renters. This is an important piece of information to consider. If most of the renters belong to lower income groups, any increase in rent can cause severe demoparties eruption. It is also not mentioned if the properties are commercial or residential. Increasing rent of commercial properties might cause inflation and make some businesses not viable. Whereas is they are residential properties the number of people affected will be much higher as families will be sharing a house. Counting the number of renters does not take in account the actual number of people affected.
To make the argument stronger information of demography, size of population and details of rented entities must be considered. The current arguments are weak because it ignores information.
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