This article was written by Associate Editor Cindi Ross Scoppe, who wrote this article titled "Govemment how to make Choices families businesses don't" for the newspaper called the State. This article was a hard to read piece of work and judging by the word government being misspelled (govemment) it was going to go down hill form there. I could not find any information on Cindi Ross Scoppe except for the recent articles written by her for the State newspaper. Scoppe style of writing was hard to follow. The article was written in response to the financial crisis the state of South Carolina in currently having. The state of South Carolina unemployment rates are the highest they have been in years and the government have other issues they are looking for solutions to.
Scoppe seems to be targeting two audiences in particular, the government officials and the South Carolina residents. Scoppe basic argument is that it is unrealistic to compare government spending and budgeting to that of a family or business. The government is suppose to look out for the common good of all of society. A family or business , besides for doing what is moral, will tend to look out for the good of that family or that business. Scoppe seems to be saying that the government did not look out for the good of its citizens. Scoppe also seems to believe that the government did not use common sense and that a bureaucracy or legislative body is lacking in common sense. Scoppe also believes that if the government would stop giving pay raise while laying off workers it could stop the bleeding form the unemployment rates. Scoppe also believes that if the state of South Carolina could operate at a loss like the federal government by spending without regards to the consequences , South Carolina could be debating on how to spend some money. Scoppe argument is like that of Mr. Friedman of the New York Times, there are no easy or painless solutions to the mess the government has gotten the American people into and the American people need to be prepared to ride out this storm and be prepared to suffer some losses.
