Proposal

Proposition 30 was created to fund education and stop the cut backs on schools, tuition hikes, layoffs and downsizing class size and guarantee local public safety funds. As decided in class the extended audience is: undecided voters, uninformed voters, busy voters, non-voters as well as opposing voters. The purpose of this temporary tax is to fund education and guarantee local public safety while avoiding cutting class size, enrollment and layoffs. The claims this proposition if passed, will bring in about $6 billion a year, increases personal income tax on annual earnings over $250,000 for seven years as well as sales and use tax by ¼ cent for four years. It allocates temporary tax revenues 89% to K–12 schools and 11% to community colleges.

Evidence

The very highest earners will pay more for seven years. The sales tax provision will be in effect for four years. Under prop 30, money raised for schools is directed into a special fund for public schools that the legislature can’t touch. Annual audits will insure Prop. 30 funds raised for schools are only spent on schools. No money can be used for administration. If prop 30 doesn’t pass schools K-12 gets cut $5.5 billion which will eliminate three weeks of school and CSU’s get cut $250 million which will increase tuition tremendously.

Writer’s strategy

Pathos:  Any good job requires at least a college degree. I attended public school from kindergarten to my freshman year. In high school a yard supervisor caught a group of eight students skipping class to smoke marijuana on school campus and the only thing he did was put his clip board up covering his eyes and said “they don’t pay me enough to see this” and proceeded to walk away. All I wanted to do was drop out drop out of high school. Eventually I started at a private school with great teachers that helped each student in every subject. They taught me that I could learn and actually graduate high school. I went from fighting school to wanting to go to learn. Once I figured out I could achieve success I decided I was going to go to college and graduate there too. My very first class at Cabrillo, there was at least 15 people on the wait list and the room was filled with students sitting at desks as well as on the ground and standing in the back. 

Ethos: As I stated before I am a college student attending community college and I have seen the cut backs on class sizes and the increase of fees due to limited funding over the past two years. I believe that if proposition 30 passes it will allow for more students to attend college. Over the last few years Cabrillo College has had to cut 400 classes and 47 full time staff jobs have been eliminated. Something needs to change so students can receive an education and staff can keep their jobs.

Logos: If proposition passes it will allow more students to attend college and the K-12 schools will have enough resources to educate and prepare student for college. The people that have make a lot of money tend to spend it on unnecessary things. I don’t think they really need statues in their houses or cars that cost upwards of $800,000. Those things are all very nice but I think if they could help us to be educated is much more rewarding in the long run. Material things won’t last forever but an education and opportunities will.

  

Reader effect

Pathos: I hope that the people reading this will realize that I personally experienced going to school and hating it only wanting to drop out until I found out I could achieve an education which made me want to further my education. I hope they can reflect on my experiences at school and realize that schools do need proper funding to insure students receive a proper education.

Ethos: I hope the reader see’s that I have only been in college for two years and I am already seeing the change resulting from inadequate funds.

Logos: My intentions are to raise awareness to the fact that the upper class spends money on unnecessary materialistic things. They are very nice but they aren’t needed to survive in the world but an education is. I hope the reader can understand what my point is and they can reflect on any really nice, expensive thing they personally saw that a wealthy person bought and think “wow that is so nice but why would someone spend that much money for it”.