To Establish Your Credibility When Persuading a Hostile or Skeptical

question 38

Multiple Choice

To establish your credibility when persuading a hostile or skeptical audience, you should do all of the following EXCEPT ________.

• A) use jargon and technical terms
• B) name your sources
• C) establish common ground with the audience
• D) provide objective evidence for the claims and promises you make

Interpret the relationship between government spending and its impact on the economy.

Understand the concept of transfer payments within government expenditures.

Assess the implications of demographic changes on government spending.

Differentiate between the costs to the private sector of government taxation and spending.

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