This article is entitled Government has to make choisces families, businesses dont. the article was written by a woman named Cindi Ross Scoope who is the Associate Editor who writes for a website called " The State.com" The article is being written for a general audience but is targeted towards residence of the state of South Carolina. The basic premise of the article is about how the government is responsibe for our economic downfall and not the people of the United states and the residents of South Carolina and that the government should have to make the descisions with how to handle the economy and not place the burden on the American people.
in the article Scoppe raises two very important questions that really made me think. Scoppe says " Does the benifit to the economy of raising taxes outweigh the drawback of less money for businesses which could be forced to shut down" i think with the economy in the state that it is in now that no matter what we are going to have to raise taxes no matter what. it is something that was of great debate in the presidential election whether or not to raise taxes and put small business out of work. on the other side of the argument scope says " does the benifit of cutting taxes or putting more money into the hands of individuals outweigh the drawback of reducing government spending therefore putting more people out of work or cutting their pay" this is also a valid argument because most of the american people who are employed work for smaller businesses and not big businesses and most of the smaller businesses help the economy thrive more so than the bigger businesses. Both arguments are valid arguments but i think ultimately in this economy that taxes will have to be raised.
