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Fоr yоur finаl exаminаtiоn, you should write a cohesive, well-developed essay that fully addresses the essay prompt. Please closely read the following CQ Researcher articles (published January 24, 2014 (volume 24, issue 4)) and then the prompt below. "Minimum Wage-Would Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Economy: Pro"by Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities "Minimum Wage-Would Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Economy: Con"by Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum par. 1Based on one well-established theory and two equally well-established facts, raising the minimum wage would help. par. 2The first fact is that the American economy is made up of 70 percent consumer spending. Economists widely agree that an extra dollar earned by a wealthy person is less likely to be spent than an extra dollar earned by a low-income person. The reasoning—as per the theory of different spending and saving patterns by income level: The rich person is not “income constrained.” If there's something they want to buy, they needn't wait for that extra dollar. On the other hand, the low-income worker is much more likely to consume their extra dollar of earnings. par. 3The second fact is that moderate increases in the minimum wage boost the earnings of most low-wage workers without leading to large employment losses. The increase favored by the president and congressional Democrats, which would take the federal minimum wage from $7.25 up to $10.10 in three annual increments, would place the real value of the wage floor back where it was in the late 1960s and would directly affect about 13 percent of the workforce. In terms of the share of affected workers, that's slightly higher than many past increases, but given our older, more productive low-wage workforce, it's fair to label this proposed increase as “moderate.” So, the empirical history of the minimum-wage program would suggest that the vast majority of low-wage workers would benefit from the increase. par. 4Summing up the facts: In an economy driven in no small measure by consumer spending, moderately boosting the pay of low-wage workers with relatively high propensities to spend their new earnings should produce slightly faster economic growth. par. 5Now, in a $16.5 trillion economy, a minimum wage increase that directly raises the pay of a relatively small share of the workforce by a small amount is unlikely to be a big deal in terms of the larger growth picture. I would not argue that raising the minimum wage is first and foremost a growth strategy, though it will help a bit at the margin. Where it really makes a difference is in helping working families toiling at the low end of the service economy get a bit closer to making ends meet. par. 1Raising the federal minimum wage will neither reduce poverty nor boost growth. Increasing the minimum wage to $10, or even $15, would ensure that millions of Americans got raises—raises that they would presumably turn right around and spend. Isn't the former going to reduce poverty and the latter boost the economy? par. 2That would happen if the money came out of thin air. Unfortunately, it has to come out of the wallet of another American. In the worst case, forcing up the minimum wage at, say, a fast-food restaurant would mean not hiring another poor American. If so, the minimum wage hike for one low-wage worker comes directly out of the pocket of another. Which part of that is anti-poverty and which part is stimulus? par. 3Of course, not every dollar will come from not hiring low-wage workers. But every dollar will have to come from somewhere. A minimum wage hike means higher prices, lower raises for other workers or fewer dividends for seniors, IRA holders and pension funds. Low-wage workers may pay those higher prices, blue-collar workers are desperately clinging to their pensions, and seniors need their dividends to make ends meet. There is simply no guarantee that the resources are transferred from the well-to-do to the deserving. And the diminished resources of those harmed by hiking the minimum wage offset the spending of the beneficiaries. par. 4The minimum wage is a poor tool to fight poverty because it does not target those in poverty. Only 2 percent of workers earn the minimum wage, and only 20 percent of those are in poverty. The reality is that the dividing line between being poor and being non-poor is having a job. Only 7 percent of those who have a job are in poverty, while more than 27.5 percent of those without jobs are poor. par. 5Even worse, the minimum wage does not help anyone get a job. There is little evidence that past minimum-wage increases have led to layoffs, but recent research indicates that hiking the minimum wage would harm new hiring. That's not stimulus. par. 6The idea of increasing the minimum wage has a seductive appeal. No one opposes the idea that working Americans should make a few more dollars. Unfortunately, the idea does not stand up to close scrutiny. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Topic: Using the above-noted articles, “Minimum Wage-Would Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Economy: Pro” and "Minimum Wage-Would Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Economy: Con,” as reference sources, write an essay in which you analyze each author’s use of one rhetorical tool or rhetorical appeal to achieve his or her specific purpose. To start, determine what you believe is each author’s specific purpose. Choose one of the following specific purposes for each author: to accuse, to calm, to condemn, to celebrate, to correct, to counter, to defend, to dismiss, to incite, to justify, to overturn, to praise, to provoke, to rally, to silence, or to solve. Then, determine which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Pro" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose and then which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Con" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose. You must choose both rhetorical tools and/or appeals from the following list: allusions authorities/outside sources definitions description dialogue examples facts figurative language narration personal testimony/anecdotes scenarios statistics counterarguments concessions qualifiers organization voice appeal to logic appeal to emotion appeal to character appeal to need appeal to value Organize your ideas into a four-paragraph essay that includes the following paragraphs: (paragraph 1) an introduction paragraph; (paragraphs 2 and 3) two separate, well-developed rhetorical tools and/or rhetorical appeals body paragraphs (one focused on the "Pro" author's use of your chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose and the other focused on the "Con" author's use of your other chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose); and (paragraph 4) a conclusion paragraph. Your essay must include a forecasting thesis statement and effective topic and concluding sentences in each body paragraph. At least four times in your essay, you also must correctly integrate quotations, paraphrases, and/or summaries from the above-noted articles; remember to include proper in-text citations.
Fоr yоur finаl exаminаtiоn, you should write a cohesive, well-developed essay that fully addresses the essay prompt. Please closely read the following CQ Researcher articles (published October 17, 2014 (volume 24, issue 37)) and then the prompt below. "Protecting the Oceans-Should the United States Open New Areas to Offshore Drilling: Pro"by Andy Radford, Senior Policy Adviser for the American Petroleum Institute "Protecting the Oceans-Should the United States Open New Areas to Offshore Drilling: Con"by Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts par. 1The United States has a long and successful history of producing oil and natural gas offshore, but the federal government has largely chosen to restrict activity to the western and central Gulf of Mexico and select areas in Alaska. These restrictions keep 87 percent of federal offshore waters locked away—along with the potential to develop the vast energy resources they contain. par. 2The Interior Department will soon begin developing the government's next five year plan for offshore lease sales, which will take effect in 2017. Decisions made now will have impacts well into the future. par. 3Knowing this, the department should thoroughly analyze the resource-rich areas of interest throughout the entire U.S. Outer Continental Shelf and draft an expansive leasing plan that maintains current leasing areas and seeks to unlock new areas that are currently off-limits, such as the Atlantic and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Including these areas in the next leasing plan would send a signal to the markets and to the world that America's oil and natural gas renaissance is here to stay. par. 4Accessing this bounty is also safer now than ever before. In the last four years, the oil and natural gas industry has worked both independently and with regulators to enhance the safety of offshore operations. As the co-chairs of the [National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling] recently said, offshore development is safer today because industry and the government have enhanced spill prevention, containment and response, revised existing standards and regulations and created new ones and worked hard to foster a strong industry safety culture. par. 5The Center for Offshore Safety in Houston continues to work with companies and the regulators to ingrain safety culture even more deeply into day-to-day operations. And if an incident does occur, state-of-the-art well containment technology can now be rapidly deployed from strategically placed locations. par. 6America's oil and natural gas renaissance has nurtured our economy with good jobs, affordable energy and stable prices, but if we want these benefits to last for the long term, we cannot afford to make short-sighted decisions about our energy future. par. 1Put simply: the search for and extraction of additional fossil fuels off our coast is inconsistent with Massachusetts' and the Northeast region's policy directions, our binding commitments to greenhouse gas reductions and our leadership in addressing climate change… par. 2Since 2009, my administration has been working closely with [the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management] on the planning, siting and analysis of offshore wind in two areas south of Martha's Vineyard. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that these areas have the potential to generate more than 5,000 megawatts of clean, renewable wind energy—enough to power the majority of homes in Massachusetts. Our focus is on continuing this nation-leading work, and any potential exploration or development plans for oil and gas will present a significant distraction and curtail progress for an emerging offshore wind industry at a time when the U.S. is far behind many other nations. par. 3Finally, the waters of the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts contain rich natural resources and important marine ecosystems and habitats that warrant strong protections. The potential impacts from oil and gas development and the calamitous effects of spills cannot justify the risk of moving forward with this industrial activity in the North Atlantic. The scallop and groundfish fisheries around Georges Bank are regarded as the most commercially important fisheries on the Atlantic coast and are critically important to the economies and social fabric of many coastal communities. The scallop fishery off Georges Bank has contributed several billion dollars to the Massachusetts and northeast regional economy in the last decade. par. 4Some of these fish stocks are under great stress. Further impact to the fishery would be devastating to an industry which has already seen enormous cutbacks resulting from federal catch limitations intended to rebuild the fishery. These ocean waters also contain critically important habitat for endangered whales, sea turtles and marine birds. par. 5In summary, Massachusetts does not consider the exploration or extraction of oil and gas off our coast as necessary for the Commonwealth's, the Northeast region's or the nation's energy future or in the best interest of the same. Instead, we need to be focusing our energies and efforts and committing national leadership to a sustainable energy future. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Topic: Using the above-noted articles, “Protecting the Oceans-Should the United States Open New Areas to Offshore Drilling: Pro” and "Protecting the Oceans-Should the United States Open New Areas to Offshore Drilling: Con,” as reference sources, write an essay in which you analyze each author’s use of one rhetorical tool or rhetorical appeal to achieve his or her specific purpose. To start, determine what you believe is each author’s specific purpose. Choose one of the following specific purposes for each author: to accuse, to calm, to condemn, to celebrate, to correct, to counter, to defend, to dismiss, to incite, to justify, to overturn, to praise, to provoke, to rally, to silence, or to solve. Then, determine which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Pro" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose and then which one of the following rhetorical tools or rhetorical appeals the "Con" author relies upon most heavily in his or her article to achieve his or her specific purpose. You must choose both rhetorical tools and/or appeals from the following list: allusions authorities/outside sources definitions description dialogue examples facts figurative language narration personal testimony/anecdotes scenarios statistics counterarguments concessions qualifiers organization voice appeal to logic appeal to emotion appeal to character appeal to need appeal to value Organize your ideas into a four-paragraph essay that includes the following paragraphs: (paragraph 1) an introduction paragraph; (paragraphs 2 and 3) two separate, well-developed rhetorical tools and/or rhetorical appeals body paragraphs (one focused on the "Pro" author's use of your chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose and the other focused on the "Con" author's use of your other chosen rhetorical tool or appeal to achieve his/her specific purpose); and (paragraph 4) a conclusion paragraph. Your essay must include a forecasting thesis statement and effective topic and concluding sentences in each body paragraph. At least four times in your essay, you also must correctly integrate quotations, paraphrases, and/or summaries from the above-noted articles; remember to include proper in-text citations.