Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"A preliminary economic analysis suggests that federal government proposals to protect the northern spotted owl will cost the Pacific Northwest about 40,000 jobs-and the effect on the spotted owl population is pretty much unknown. But, hey, what do the livelihoods of 40,000 human beings matter when the government is responding to pressure groups?"
-Orange County Register

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The Answer of Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
"A preliminary economic analysis suggests that federal government proposals to protect the northern spotted owl will cost the Pacific Northwest about 40,000 jobs-and the effect on the spotted owl population is pretty much unknown. But, hey, what do the livelihoods of 40,000 human beings matter when the government is responding to pressure groups?"
-Orange County Register

Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming