As examples come along

The political-cultural lexicon will describe

     forms of political argument • ‘bā-bəl ‘ba-bəl

        1. non sequitur

Our example is from an op-ed from today’s Washington Post online, Kansas and Missouri are right. Welfare should cover only the basics. According to the Post, its author,

Chelsi Henry* is an attorney and environmental-policy advisor. She served for three years as an elected water conservation official in Jacksonville, Fla., and was named a Republican National Committee “Rising Star” in 2014.

She writes.

She [my mother] taught me that every penny counts and that paying my own way is the American way. Which is why states such as Kansas should go ahead with laws, like the one currently waiting for Gov. Sam Brownback’s signature, that restrict how recipients of government assistance spend it.

To see why this is babble,simply reverse the premise and the conclusion that is unrelated to it:

     States such as Kansas should go ahead with laws that restrict how 
     recipients of government assistance spend it, because my mother taught 
     me that every penny counts.

Or, feeling imaginative, you could construct a similar argument of your own:

     P. T. Barnum was almost certainly right when he said, “There's a sucker 
     born every minute.”** Which is why states such as Kansas should go 
     ahead with laws, like the one currently waiting for Gov. Sam Brownback’s 
     signature, that restrict how recipients of government assistance spend it.

Or,

     My cat is a picky eater. Which is why states such as Kansas should go 
     ahead with laws, etc.

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      * No relation to Chelsea Handler.  
    ** Actually, Barnum did not say this, but never let facts get in the way of any political argument.