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Everyone in America is required to have a drivers license.
Therefore, everyone in America has a drivers license.
Of course it is very important that everyone in America is required to have a drivers license. But there are in fact a lot of people in America, including myself who does not have a drivers license. Therefore the argument is weak because it is ignoring the fact that there are other types of transportation that America provides for us. Not everyone enjoys driving, some people are actually afraid to drive an actual car. Everyone has their own opinions on driving and some people would rather not drive because of a money issue and of course a personal issue. We cannot just assume that everyone in America is required to get their drivers license. This argument would be good if it stated that not everyone in America is required to have a drivers license, but that it is an option of transportation that people may have.
This is a really good example of a weak argument. It’s true, I totally agree with you. Many people in America use different types of transportation. A lot of people I know use public transportation like the muni, BART, bus, taxi, and train to get around. So, just because everyone in America is required to have a license doesn’t mean that have to have one if they aren’t personally driving a vehicle. There are also many different types of licenses that people can acquire and that isn’t specified in the statement either so, it makes the statement even weaker than before.
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