The article, "Trump Says His Tax Plan Won't Benefit The Rich-He's Exactly Wrong" is written by Annie Lowrey. It was published on September 29, 2017. The article was created in response to a Republic Tax plan created by the Trump Administration that was released the same week. The writer uses a very critical tone in the article and the main appeals in the article are ethos and logos.
The writer uses a very critical tone throughout the article. The author doesn't use any wording that necessarily show his or her stance on the topic at hand. The article takes on a tone that analyzes the pros and cons that this plan introduced will take. This take on a critical tone allows the audience to view the article as unbiased, and trust the writer more effectively than if the tone were to just fully criticize Trump's plan with emotional wording. Therefore, this is how the author uses a critical tone in the article. The writer appeals to ethos by quoting multiple people of large significance, such as President Trump, Gary Cohn (Trump's economic adviser), and Steven Mnuchin (Treasury secretary). This lets the audience understand where the writer is getting his or her sources and it improves the credibility for the writer. It also allows the audience to believe and trust what the article is attempting to inform us about. The writer references an organization known as the Tax Policy Center, which is known to be a non partisan think tank, which means it is non biased. Lowrey appeals to logos through including multiple statistics that support the author's claim that this new plan from Trump's Administration is not going to do what they are promising. These statistics include multiple percentages and years for the future for what the predicted effects of this plan will have such as "plan wouuld add about a $2.4 trillion to the deficit over a decade...Nearly 90% of earners would see their tax burden fall or remain uncharged in 2018". The use of these statistics and times improve the author's credibility and gives the audience a more accurate depiction of the effects this plan will have on the country. The author's purpose is to inform the audience the effects of what this plan introduced by the Trump Administration will have on the country and it's future. The writer introduces his or her purpose in the beginning after stating the events that occurred to cause the creation of this article, and in the end of the article, after analyzing all of the effects of the plan. The author's goal is to show us these effects, and how Trump's administration may cause more problems for the country in general in the future if plans such as these get passed. The author's use of a critical tone, appeal to ethos, and logos create an effective article informing the reader that this new plan made by President Trump is not doing what they are intending.
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