Entertainer Rush Limbaugh claims that supply side economics really works. Therefore, we should believe that supply side economics does indeed work.
A) Deductive, invalid.
B) Deductive, valid.
C) Inductive, weak.
D) Inductive, cogent.
E) Inductive, strong.

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The argument is inductive and weak because it relies on the authority of Rush Limbaugh, an entertainer, rather than empirical evidence or logical reasoning to support the claim that supply side economics works.

Entertainer Rush Limbaugh Claims That Supply Side Economics Really Works