In early 2008, it appeared that the u. s. economy was either in a recession or growing very slowly. president bush announced a program of tax rebates. this program can be described as and was intended to a. discretionary fiscal policy; decrease government spending b. discretionary fiscal policy; increase consumer spending c. an automatic stabilizer; increase consumer spending d. an automatic stabilizer; increase government spending e. discretionary fiscal policy; increase government spending

As bob is driving on an exit off the freeway, he comes to a stop light and sees a homeless man asking people for spare change. “see, he’s a perfect example of why we shouldn’t be giving welfare benefits to the homeless,” bob mutters to his wife. “he’s too lazy to get a job, but he’s healthy enough to beg people for their hard-earned money all day long.” what are the sample and the target in bob’s argument? are there any inductive fallacies present in bob’s reasoning (bias, hastiness, appeal to anecdotal evidence, self-selection)? if so, explain why. if not, explain why not.