Question

5.7 Consider each of the following situations, being alert for errors of reaction. Such errors are often implied rather than stated directly, so you are likely to find hints rather than clear-cut evidence of error. Identify whatever hints you find, and explain why you believe they point to an error of reaction.

a) A woman named Elvira Arellano was deported to Mexico, leaving her young son behind. Unlike her, he is a citizen because he was born in the United States. In discussing this case, Rowena stated her belief that the law should be changed so that only individuals born to parents who are legally in the United States should receive automatic citizenship. Raoul responded, “You are saying that Elvira’s son and thousands of others like him are lacking in dignity and unworthy of basic human rights. That is a shameful view to hold.”

b) One of the many proposals for tax reform is the “flat tax,” which would do away with many of the present categories of deduction and tax everyone’s income at the same rate—for example, 10 percent. Thus, someone who earned $25,000 a year would pay $2,500 in taxes, and someone who paid $250,000 would pay $25,000. In a campaign debate, one candidate for the U.S. Senate endorsed the flat tax, and his opponent immediately accused him of being an elitist who was more concerned with the interests of the wealthy than the interests of common working people.

c) In a classroom discussion about the situation in the Mideast, Bertrand made the following statement: “Recent history has proven that the United States is too quick to reject diplomacy and wage war. The world would be safer and more peaceful today if our leaders had resisted the urge to attack Iraq and, instead, sat down with Saddam and with the leaders of Iran and Syria and given trust and reason a chance. I challenge those who disagree with me to disprove the wisdom of this approach to international relations.”

Answer 1

a)
If every parent who are not the citizens of USA is given citizenship just because they delivered a child in America, it's going to increase the burden of social, economical and employment opportunities of the Americans. Considering the number of people who work as expatriates in USA and the terrorist threats, it may not be possible for the government to provide citizenship but at the same time, they shouldn't separate the mother and the baby. The baby can return when it attains the legal age.

b)
I think a flat tax is still possible because it's not the same amount but same % of money which means as the income increases, the amount they pay will also increase. This will help people who are actually in the borderline between two amounts. This will also ensure that people who struggle and come up will not be paying most of their money as tax. This will ensure that everyone receives equal opportunity and benefits.

c)
He is making more sense because the entire world knows that it was America's interest in the resources of the Arabian countries. The war has shattered the hopes of the Arab countries and divided the Arab nations which witnessed today in Syria and Iraq. America has taken what they have given them back? ISIS, bomb blasting, poor living and terror.