Political Argumentation In The United States PDF Download

Are you frustrated by the constant political debates and arguments you get sucked into with family members, friends, and co-workers? These days, Americans find themselves increasingly engaged in heated, tedious, repetitive, and often vicious political disputes that go nowhere. Has it ever dawned on you that your fiery debates have never changed any minds - and they probably never will? You know how political arguments always go. Your progressive opponent throws out a meaningless propaganda slogan. You counter with a question designed to expose his ignorance and hypocrisy. He knows he can't answer your question with a direct response without losing the argument, so he spits out another completely unrelated propaganda slogan. And every time you back him into another corner he spews time-honored jingles like "George Bush is stupid, Donald Trump is a Nazi," or whatever. It doesn't even occur to you that you never stood a chance of winning his game of, "whack-a-mole" because the target was never fixed. In fact, there never was a target. You lost because you naively believed that the person with the weakest argument - or no argument - would concede defeat, when the real agenda behind his propaganda slogan was simply to weaken your political will and resolve. Does the following conversation sound at all familiar?Progressive: Society should have free (fill in the blank).You: Where are we going to get the money to fund it?Progressive: We can raise taxes on corporations and close loopholes for the rich.You: All that's going to do is shut down investment and shrink the economy, which will diminish tax revenues. Progressive: I don't believe that.You: You don't have to believe it. There are plenty of examples. In fact, France's socialist prime minister implemented the exact plan that you're proposing a few years ago with the imposition of a 75% supertax on the rich - and the result was a stagnant economy, a loss of nearly 2.5 million citizens to other countries, and a paltry sixteen billion dollars in extra revenue that was projected to decline dramatically over the next few years. It was such as dismal failure that he abandoned the plan, which had been the centerpiece of his political campaign, and France reverted to their prior top tax rate of 45%. How do expect the United States government to fund another social program if its tax revenue diminishes because of your proposed crackdown on business and investment?Progressive: Well, it's about fairness. But dude, you gotta admit that your boy, Trump, is crazy. What's with his claim that his Inauguration Day crowd was the biggest in history? I can't believe this guy has access to the nuclear button.And so, once again, you are unwittingly lured down the next rabbit hole. So, what magical solution can possibly allow conservatives to co-exist with progressives without feeling as if they are being robbed? The solution, believe it or not, is quite simple.