The following appeared as a recommendation by a committee planning a ten-year budget for the city of Calatrava."The birthrate in our city is declining: in fact, last year's birthrate was only one-half that of five years ago. Thus the number of students en

The author has failed to convince us that the budget that belongs to education of children shall go directly to programs, which are designed to assist primarily needs of adults. Even if the claim may seem logical at first glance, the article lacks the illustrative information to prove this claim. The argument, as it satnds, is based on questionable assumption and a faulty line of reasoning, a fact that renders it over-simplistic and unconvincing. In what follows, some evidences, which are necessary to admit the conclusion are expressed and elucidated.

The primary issue with the writer’s evidences lies in his/her unsubstantiated premises. First, he contended that the birthrate has been cut to half in comparison to five years ago. The question here is “how was the birthrate in that specific year, which the last year is comprised with?” consider the number of infants in five years ago had a drastic increase so that although the aforementioned number is only one-half of that it is still normal in a period of 20 years or so. The point that shall be noted here is that for taking action on such statistics like birthrate a wide range period of time shall be chosen, also the statistics information of all that period should be given to readers.

Secondly, the author claimed that thus the number of birthrate is declined in last year the number of students enrolled in public schools will decrease consequently. However, a question raised here is “why the writer just mentioned public schools?” Actually, there is no evidence in this article that convinced us that just public schools will have excess funded. Maybe there are some students that have to enroll in private schools because there is not enough place in public schools; therefore, if the number of students is going to be declined in near future there are many applicants in comparison to past for enrolling in public schools, which are supported by the government.

Lastly, the author pointed out that the budget of recreational places will spend for programs that used primarily by adults. However, there is no concrete evidence that proves recreational places are given enough fund now. It would be better if the author supports this claim by additional statistics, which shows athletic playing fields, are taking surplus money also other facilities for adults are not taking enough money and they are in need of that budget.

To wrap up, considering all the aspects of the argument that has been discussed above, the lack in some evidences, reduces the robustness of the conclusion presented in the article. If the article includes all the additional premises, which are expressed so far in this article, it would have been more thorough and convincing.