Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 5

Short Answer

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"I say let's splurge and buy seats on the fifty-yard line. I know a place we can get them for twenty-five dollars apiece."
"Good grief! Maybe you want to spend every last cent we make on a football game, but not me. Are you nuts?"

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