The article that I read this week was posted on July 6th in the New York Times, titled “Why a Meaningful Boost for Those at the Bottom Requires Help From the Top”. This article, written by
, discuses the problems that are associated with income inequality, and how to overcome this problem in America. In order to get this point across, the article used many logical appeals, or logos, throughout. One of the main propositions was to increase the minimum wage to $15 dollars and hour. “According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 44 million hourly-paid workers made less than $15 an hour in 2014” This fact was used to show the reader just how common it is for minimum waged workers to make under the proposed amount. Simply stating that there are “many” people who make under $15 an hour is not nearly as effective as stating the exact number. As the article progresses, historical data is discussed. “Since 1970, the best five-year run of income growth for the bottom 90 percent…between 1994 and 1999, when…income rose by 14.1 percent” this information was another good appeal to logos because it was then transferred into modern day times, and it proved that if that happened today, it would be the best income growth in almost two generations. This articles use of logos was beneficial because it allowed the reader to trust the information, and to take away the actual purpose of the article. Without the logical appeals in it, the article wouldn’t have fair data to back up the points made throughout.
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