What are the fallacies in these statments? I am so confused on finding falalcies

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What are the fallacies in these statments? I am so confused on finding falalcies mos liekl informal fallacies

1.Medical care is certainly expensive in a capitalist country with no program of socialized medicine, and therefore, not equally available to all.

2.In this country, we believe that all people are created equal. Therefore, it makes no sense to have entrance requirements for admission to colleges and universities.

3. If the proposal was sound, the Saxon would not have passed it by. Neither would the Dan have ignored it. And it would not have escaped the wisdom of the Chinese. From this it is clear that the proposal is not sound.

4.."Goodbye, till we meet again!" she said as cheerfully as she could.

"I shouldn't know you again if we did meet," Humpty Dumpty replied in a discontented tone, giving her one of his fingers to shake: "you're so exactly like other people."

"The face is what one goes by, generally," Alice remarked in a thoughtful tone.

"That's just what I complain of," said Humpty Dumpty. "Your face is the same as everybody has the two eyes, so" (marking their places in the air with his thumb) "nose in the middle, mouth under. It's always the same. Now if you had the two eyes on the same side of the nose, for instance, or the mouth at the top, that would be some help."

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

5. Former President Richard Nixon wrote a book called The Real War in which he criticized American foreign policy under the Carter administration and discussed alternative ways of responding to terrorist activities. However, we can't take Nixon's views seriously.   He resigned the presidency rather than face impeachment charges.   Haven't you heard the expression, "Don't buy books from crooks"?

6. To allow every man unbounded freedom of speech must always be, on the whole, advantageous to the state; for it is always conducive to the interests of the community that each individual should enjoy a liberty perfectly unlimited of expressing his sentiments. R. Whately, Elements of Logic

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Answer- In informal fallacies the armugment do not match with the conclusion, the informal fallacies statement are following

1- If the proposal was sound, the Saxon would not have passed it by. Neither would the Dan have ignored it. And it would not have escaped the wisdom of the Chinese. From this it is clear that the proposal is not sound. arguement do not match with the conclusion in this statement

2- Former President Richard Nixon wrote a book called The Real War in which he criticized American foreign policy under the Carter administration and discussed alternative ways of responding to terrorist activities. However, we can't take Nixon's views seriously.   He resigned the presidency rather than face impeachment charges.   Haven't you heard the expression, "Don't buy books from crooks"? in this statement conclusion do not match with the argument

3- In this country, we believe that all people are created equal. Therefore, it makes no sense to have entrance requirements for admission to colleges and universities. there is no relation of equality and having entrance examination for the admission in college and unviersities

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