In USA Today’s article “Uneven Gains for States
after 50 Years of the War on Poverty”, written by Jake Grovum depicts the
rising problems and improvements on the “War on Poverty”. The War on Poverty
was a term that was coined by Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency and has
stuck ever since. This article presents the poverty percentages in various
states that have increased and decreased since the term was first coined.
Essentially, it depends on the state and the people that inhabit it what the
poverty percentage is. Some states’ rates of poverty have increased since then
while others have increased and decreased. The Census Bureau’s rate of poverty
in solely based upon income. The cost of living is not taken in to
consideration. This article seems to support the idea that the war on poverty
has been successful thus far.
Jake Grovum’s “Uneven gains for states after 50 years of the War on Poverty” in USA Today’s website is effective because it is both authoritative and communicates well. It establishes it’s authority but using plenty of numbers and statistics to back up it’s claims as well as actually explanations of what the numbers mean. It makes the reader feel comfortable following the author along with the course of his article but he established this tangible trust within his persuasive argument. The impersonal approach that screams logos to me, gives the impression that this man knows the audience that he’s dealing with is going to be skeptical of whether there has been any improvement in the current poverty situation since Lyndon B. Johnson first started this “war on poverty”. His logical approach incites credibility that would not have been achievable if he had tried to do this with any emotional appeal.
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