Question

Which part of this excerpt from President Barack Obama’s remarks on the Buffet rule uses the logical fallacy of false dilemma?

[There are enough excuses for inaction in Washington.] We certainly don’t need more excuses.[ I’d just point out that the Buffett Rule is something that will get us moving in the right direction towards fairness, towards economic growth]. It will help us close our deficit and it’s a lot more specific than anything that the other side has proposed so far. And if Republican in Congress were truly concerned with deficits and debt, then I’m assuming they wouldn’t have just proposed to spend an additional $4.6 trillion on lower tax rates, [including an average tax cut of at least $150,000 for every millionaire in America].

{They want to go in the opposite direction.} They want to double down on some of the inequities that already exist in the tax code. If we’re going to keep giving somebody like me or some of the people in this room tax breaks that we don’t need and we can’t afford, then one of two things happens: [Either you've got to borrow more money to pay down a deeper deficit, or you've got to demand deeper sacrifices from the middle class, and you've got to cut investments that help us grow as an economy.]

Answer 1

Either you've got to borrow more money to pay down a deeper deficit, or you've got to demand deeper sacrifices from the middle class, and you've got to cut investments that help us grow as an economy.

Obama suggests these are the only two options, but in reality there are more.

Answer 2

Answer and Explanation:

The part of the excerpt from president Barack Obama's remarks on the Buffet rule that uses the logical fallacy of false dilemma is "Either you've got to borrow...or you've got to demand deeper sacrifices..." because he is addressing a complex issue that might have several proposals to solve it, however, he is reducing it to only two options: "either-or", which is a type of manipuation.