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The burden of taxation on the back of a people is not unlike the burden of a weight on the back of a horse. Just as a small burden badly placed may distress a horse that could carry with ease a much larger burden properly adjusted, so a people may be impoverished and their power of producing wealth destroyed by taxation that, if levied another way, could be borne with ease.
The author's point is made by
(A) pointing out an ambiguity
(B) using an analogy
(C) refuting a supposed counterexample
(D) appealing to an authority
(E) generalizing from a particular case
The author's point is made by
(A) pointing out an ambiguity
(B) using an analogy
(C) refuting a supposed counterexample
(D) appealing to an authority
(E) generalizing from a particular case
11 Jul 2019, 15:44
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the author's point is made by analogy (CHOICE B)
Reasoning:
the author made a comparison between the burden of taxation on people and burden of weight on a horseback for the purpose of explanation or clarification. he was also point out a partial similarity when he said
Reasoning:
the author made a comparison between the burden of taxation on people and burden of weight on a horseback for the purpose of explanation or clarification. he was also point out a partial similarity when he said
Quote:
Just as a small burden badly placed may distress a horse that could carry with ease a much larger burden properly adjusted
