Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 179

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.
"The police asked the neighbors on both sides of the Owens's home whether they'd ever seen either of them do any drugs. They all agreed they hadn't, so it's a pretty safe bet they aren't really drug users."

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Definitions:

Tax Liability

The total amount of tax that an individual or entity is legally obligated to pay to a taxing authority.

Regressive

Pertains to a situation or policy that has a disproportionately greater impact on those with lower income or status.

Excise Tax

A tax imposed on the sale or manufacture of specific goods, such as alcohol and tobacco, within a country.

Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded or supplied of a good or service changes in response to a change in price.