Rhetorical Analysis

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Goodbye, Columbus: Ohio’s War on the Middle Class Rhetorical Analysis Essay “Goodbye, Columbus: Ohio’s War on the Middle Class” is an article written by Mac McClelland, in which she seeks to capture the consequences of the economic downfall for friends of hers and people she meets in Ohio. The article was featured in the November/December 2011 issue of Mother Jones. Mother Jones magazine attracted smart journalist and Liberals. The stated mission of Mother Jones is to produce revelatory journalism that in its power and reach informs and inspires a more just and democratic world. McClelland is well known for being a great human rights reporter, although in 2011 she was considered untrustworthy when she wrote a personal essay about countering her PTSD with rape fantasy roleplay sex, with some journalists defending it and other journalists criticizing it. When it was revealed that McClelland had written about and revealed the identity of a Haitian rape victim against that victims' wishes on multiple occasions, some who had initially praised the essay condemned her for a breach of ethics. Anthony and Erin Rodriguez are a middle class couple living in Ohio worrying about how to make ends meet, due to a newly elected republican governor Kasich. Kasich’s plan cuts funding, and the budgets of city government and services. This could possibly hinder Anthony’s job with a budget cut of 51 percent. Anthony attempts to find jobs, in case his loses his job, Erin is a school teacher who stands to be laid off unless organizers get 231,147 signatures to put a repeal of anti-collective- bargaining SB 5 on the ballot and voters vote to repeal it to stop the budget cut in public education. This reminds me of how the economy here is today; I recall in 2011 there was a lay-off of teachers and state employees in Northeastern, North Carolina due to lack of funding and state budget
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