Problem: A politician is running for re-election and makes a campaign advertisement. In this ad, the senator calls for fiscal discipline in governmental spending. Specifically, the senator criticizes governmental funding of research using fruit flies to study human genetic diseases. In an effort to criticize his opponents' support of governmental research funding, the senator criticizes frivolous spending on fruit fly research and instead suggests that more money be spent on "actual research" that pertains to human disease. In class, we discussed "critical questions for critical thinking." Please list 3 of these questions. Provide brief answers to each question you listed as it pertains to the situation described.