What Is the Premise of the Following Argument? Our Current

question 22

Multiple Choice

What is the premise of the following argument? Our current spending habits cannot continue, inasmuch as we are spending much more than we are earning.

• A)we are spending a lot
• B)our current spending habits cannot continue
• C)our current spending has become a habit
• D)we are spending much more than we are earning
• E)There is no conclusion, since this is not an argument at all.

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Definitions:

American Capitalist Society

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Burglary

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