The following was written as a part of an application for a small-business loan by a group of developers in the city of Monroe."A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise. Currently, the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away; t

The argument is about the application which provides evidences for opening new jazz club in Monroe. The application looks tenable at first glance but it contains a lot of unproven assumptions. It lacks strong evidences which support the argument.

The author have described that the current jazz club is 65 miles away. But he did not mention about the fame of the club among Monroe people. He cannot simply mention that jazz is extremely popular in Monroe only because of that 100,000 people attended annual jazz festival last summer. Summer is the vacation time for school children. To make them engaged,parents would have brought them to the jazz festival.

The author also cited that several well-known jazz musicians live in Monroe. But there is no data regarding other musicians. People who are famous in other music like pop can also live there. The author cannot relate the people's interest in jazz to the highest-rated radio program. It may be due to the
person who host the show or the radio station may make some celebrities to talk in that show.

The author had taken a data given by nationwide study which indicates that jazz fan is spending close to $1000 per year on jazz entertainment. But the report is not based on Monroe people alone. There is no data provided for how much people are spending for the rest of the entertainment. People may spend more money for salsa dance. Some may spend more for hip-hop.

The whole argument is based on author's assumptions. The survey should have been conducted among the people to know how much they are interested in jazz music club. The argument would have become strong if the precise data based on this survey was given.