Proposal

Why the prop 30 has to pass.

9.28.2012

Prop 30

Argument: California cannot afford to cut programs to education.

Intended Audience: the general public

Purpose: to have people realize that it’s not about taxes, it’s about taking care of our schools.

But our states Logos: the logic behind prop 30.

Claim(s): our school system is falling apart because we are no longer investing in it and cuts are not going to help.

Main evidence. Notes and references of the proposed bill

As of now our state has a deficit. Our state is very much like a business, and like one it is in a bit of financial difficulty. Since the recession the state deficit has grown every year and our public serves have suffered. There have been cuts not only to schools but emergency services as well. Recently a bill has been presented that if it does pass then our state school systems are temporarily saved from financial disaster.

Pathos: the emotions of the topic.

In our modern day society it is clearly evident that public education does a great serves not only to the children and teens enrolled in k-12 and college students but it helps our state. All ready many school programs have been cut. Classes have shrunk and the educational experience a child once had is now a broken system of what their experience should have been. Imagine a child in a class of over 30 students already struggling; who only needs a bit of extra help is ignored because teacher aids are gone. After school programs are gone. We need to show the children of this state that we care about their education. We have to show them that we want to help them. We want them to succeed and be better prepared for college. We don’t want them to feel that they have failed at school when in reality we have failed in educating them. How are the children who are born poor supposed to know how to take advantage of a school system when that system has no money to educate them. If we continue to cut from the education of children we cannot expect students to be prepared for high school let alone collage. For too long we have placed education on the back burner and have seen the results of this. We have fallen behind as a world leader in education, and we at least need to begin to take an interest of funding our schools.  As much as we wish education is not free. The more we invest in our students the more we invest in our economy, our culture, and our future. As painful as taxes are it will be more painful to know that our state cannot afford to fund our schools.

Ethos: Ethical Appeals character

As a college student I’ve seen some of the effects of the current budget cuts. At our community college there are fewer classes. More and more students are turned away for classes because there over filled. This semester I wanted to take more classes. I was ready to pay for them and needed to take these classes to not only help complete the requirements to acquire my AA degree as well as not having to have such large gaps between my classes. Only these classes that I need so I can continue my academic carrea where only available at night. I have no care and the busses stop running a little before 8. Unless I found a safe place to sleep at Cabrillo’s campus there is no way that I can attend these classes and many of my fellow students are in the same position as I. We don’t have much money but we want to be educated so we can do something more than work a minima wage job. We want to become productive members of society but what can we achieve this when we have the financial challenges that we face. If prop 30 does not pass Cabrillo will continue to cut classes and fewer students will be able to take even general classes let alone ones to needed to earn a degree.

 

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http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2012/general/pdf/30-title-summ-analysis.pdf

"Qualified Statewide Ballot Measures." - Elections & Voter Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ballot-measures/qualified-ballot-measures.htm>.

As most of us know California has a very large amount of dept. Prop 30 is an attempt to try to have California get a 6 billion dollar budget bump so it will be easier to pay for government provided programs. Prop 30 also guaranties that local governments will get some of the revenues so they can fund programs as well. As of now the current sales tax is a little over eight percent but prop 30 will raise the sales tax by one quarter of a cent for every dollar of stuff people buy. This sales tax rate would be good for four years. It would be enforeced in 2012 and would end in 2016

The new tax will also affect Personal Income Tax and would raise it from one percent to nine point three percent but only one specific income brackets. (which translates to how much people make.) The more money you make the more you will be taxed and will be deposited into the state’s General Fund. Also to those who make over a million dollars they will be taxed an extra one percent.

If these taxes don’t go into effect the California government will have no choice but to cut funding for certain government funded things such as schools. Because we have such a huge amount of dept. it isn’t possible for the government to be able to fund the money to keep these programs. And no programs meansl ess education.

http://closetheloophole.com/

"Close the Loophole." Close the Loophole. SFWeekly, 4 Jan. 2012. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. http://closetheloophole.com/.

Prop 13 was passed in 1978. What this law basically states is that property values are frozen at the year the owner bought the house and it can only be changed when people sell the home. According to the people from this wed site prop 13 is hurting seniors and the poor because they cannot afford the taxes that go along with the home and if they choose to sell the home it will be worth only what it was in 1978 even though inflation and other financial factors have changed.

 

Egelko, Bob. "Prop. 13 Stays Intact, at Least for Now | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com Blog." Prop. 13 Stays Intact, at Least for Now | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com Blog. SFGate, n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/07/26/prop-13-stays-intact-at-least-for-now/.

According to this most of our states woes are to be blamed on pro 13 from 1978. The problem is that because these old properties cannot be taxed they are hurting us all and making it very unfair for wealthier people to by these properties that are not at current market vaule.

"Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding." League of Women Voters of California Education Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. http://cavotes.org/vote/election/2012/november/6/ballot-measure/temporary-taxes-fund-education-guaranteed-local-public-safety-funding.

This article states that not only would the sales tax, and personal tax be raised as well as the corporation income tax. These temporary tax increases would help balance our budget without having to have mandatory spending reductions. If this doesn’t pass there will be “trigger cuts” that will automaticly happen if this fails to pass. Voting no on this will mean that mostly educational programs will be cut and that would take place this year if it doesn’t pass.

The people who say it will pass say it’s our only saftly net for public education and is the only real solution for our states budget. They also not that these taxes are temporary and will only be for vital services.

Opponents only sound like but holes who do not propose anything other than cuts to programs. There argument is that instead of making reforms to spending public school only wants to spend out of control which they are not doing they are only trying to educate children many who are poor and will be hardest hit by a no on prop 30

 

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The reading Thinking Critically, Challenging Cultural Myths is asking readers to think about our nations cultural myths and to rethink what they mean. In the reading the author is trying to have the reader rethink their culture and is attempting to have the reader take in new information and challenge what they currently know. The reading is also demonstrating how powerful a myth can be even if an individual chooses to rebel against the myth.

My thoughts on this reading are that the reading has many fair arguments. Very often Americans don’t realize that we too have our own mythology. We tend to forget that mythology is the stories we tell so we can explain what our values and morals are. Myths are in every culture, yet I have never heard much about American Mythology. But we do have our myths, the myth of the perfect family, of the perfect children, the perfect life. Though our society often doesn’t realize that we have myths because of how we think of them. When we think of a myth we think of a fairy tale, or fictional characters that go off and do something amazing.

But at the same time the article is questioning our cultural myths. It questions the ideas and values that we as a county believe are important and fundamental for our country’s moral compass. While not all of our morals are perfect it’s safe to say that most of our myths have good intentions. We as a country want married people to live together and be happy. We want these happy married people to then have happy children and then grow up in a safe and happy community. While it’s important that we reevaluate our myths and morals it’s important that we see what those myths where trying to have us see.

Then again it’s important to remember that many of our myths have hurt our own people. It wasn’t to long ago that the myth of gender roles kept our society from growing. As the reading describes “As children we get gender role models from our families, our schools, our churches, and other important institutions.” (page 4) If no one ever questioned the ancient gender roles women would have never moved up the social latter and all across America women would still be at home even if they didn’t like it.

Over all our myths will change over time just as they have though our country’s history, but the important thing is while we are reevaluating that we don’t forget that many of these myths are no meant to handicap our nation. Their intention was to try and have a strong moral fabric that the entire country could follow; and while our myths do need to be relooked and rethought we have to see that the entire myth was not so very wrong.

"Thinking Critically, Challenging Culture Myths." Rereading America 8th Ed from Inquiry to Academic Writing Brief Edition. 8th ed. N.p.: Bedford/st Martins, 2010. 4. Print.

links for prop 30

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_30,_Sales_and_Income_Tax_Increase_(2012)
http://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2012/general/pdf/30-title-summ-analysis.pdf

Reflections of Teresa

I think what triggered this reflection for the narrator was just having an “ah” moment. She might have been telling this story to a friend or just remembering this moment and one day began to think of why Teresa acted the way she did. The more she thought about it the clearer it must have been to the narrator of one girl being confused about their identities. The narrator most likely understand her child nemeses is that she is no longer a child and can see the confrontation as more of some girl being cruel, but of one being defensive and trying to find herself.

Para Teresa

"Para Teresa" was written in Spanish and English to add context to the poem. Because the poem is bilingual it gives a better understanding to why Teresa was so threated by the narrator. The narrator and Teresa are both Mexican-American children. In the late 50s, approximately the time the poem’s plot happens; many minorities were still trying to find their identities. The mixed in Spanish in the poem helped emphasis this point. The entire reason that Teresa and her friends wanted to confront the narrator was the fact that the narrator was conforming to a system that was not that of a Mexican; yet the narrator is a Mexican and therefore betraying her race.

I am...

I am a second year student at Cabrillo and I enjoy reading. A personal gift that I bring to class is being willing to listen to other’s opinions even if I don't necessarily agree with them. I’m fairly open mind and am egger to hear what others have to say.