Proposal

Title: Why Proposition 30 should pass.

Author: I am a 19 year old 2nd year college student. Currently attending a community college.

Date: This is during a time of economic hardship and we need this to help our state as a whole.

Topic: Proposition 30 is a Prop that raises income taxes for those making over $250,000 and an increase in sales tax for the lesser. The money will go towards education, public safety, and community programs all of which have received cuts in the prior years.

Exigence: I am writing this paper to state my opinion on why this prop should pass. Its extremely hard to get the classes you want due to all the budget cuts. Its hard to be motivated to even go to school when you can get the classes you want. On top of it, it hard to pay for school when the budget cuts raise the tuition. We need this to pass so we can get more people in school and have a better life essentially. 

Intended Audience: This paper is meant for registered voters and students in California  I want all these people to know that this proposition is and why everyone should vote for it.  

Logos: The logical reasoning that I will use in my op-ed is that proposition 30 should  pass. Prop 30 is a  proposition that is supposed to give money to k-12 schools, community colleges, and public safety. It increases tax dollars, income tax to people who make over 250,000 for seven years and increase sales tax for all the lesser. Prop 30 guarantees that money will go to public safety, and to public schools. This is crucial to the college life. More classes, more teacher and better education.

Ethos: I myself connect to this subject because I am currently a college student at a community college. My opinion matters because this prop will effect me a great deal. I am in college because I want to better my education, but that cant happen if they still make budget cuts and remove classes. It's really important to know about this as a college student. Researching this I feel like I am very qualified to explain the Prop.

Pathos: Having this prop pass could help the school systems a great deal. First if  this passes more  classes could be available around the community colleges, and more teachers. Tuition costs and other costs could go down allowing more people to go to school. We all want that "American Dream" whether its a myth or not. We would not be able to achieve this with having an even worse school system by taking more money out. This proposition needs to pass to better our community that we live in.