D9, HW4, Toulmin method outline

Project's Claim: The U.S. Government needs to do more to help stop identity theft over the Internet.

Reason #1: It is one of the leading Internet crimes.
Warrant/Principle: No one wants to be victims of identity theft.
Backing: No one would disagree with this.

Evidence #1: FBI statistics have these numbers reported.
Warrant/Principle: People trust numbers provided by the FBI
Backing: The FBI is pretty much as high as it goes, if you can't trust them with the numbers you can't trust anybody.

Evidence #2: It messes up a lot of people's financial situation.
Warrant/Principle: When a victim of identity theft, they usually freeze your bank account not allowing any access to it, which can be a big financial burden.

Backing: Testimonials can show this.
Objection: Testimonials can be forged.
Rebuttal: So can pretty much anything, but with most people knowing at least one person who has been a victim of identity theft they can relate.


Reason #2: It affects society as a whole, which can eventually be an issue with inflation.

Evidence #1: With people's bank accounts being frozen, they can not buy as much of other stuff and when enough people are victims it will start to hurt the economy.
Warrant/Principle: When a victim of identity theft, they usually freeze your bank account not allowing any access to it.


Evidence #2: If the government does not step in, it could be a way for terrorists to mess with our economy as well.
Backing: With this happening it also backs the point in Reason 2 Evidence 1 more.