What fallacy is shown in: "My opponent wants to increase school funding, which means they want to raise taxes so high that everyone will go bankrupt!"?

Question

Responses

Non Sequitur
Non Sequitur

Ad Hominem
Ad Hominem

Circular Reasoning
Circular Reasoning

Strawman

Answer 1

The fallacy shown in the statement is Strawman.

In this case, the speaker is misrepresenting their opponent's position on increasing school funding by exaggerating it to an extreme conclusion that they want to raise taxes so high that it would cause bankruptcy for everyone. This misrepresentation makes it easier to attack the distorted version of the argument rather than addressing the opponent's actual position.