Persuasive Speech Essay

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Persuasive speech: Military Spending outline INTRO This is America the land of the free and home of the brave I’m sure like me the rest of you think that America is a peaceful nation but if this is true then why do we have the largest standing armed force since WW2 even during peacetime? Hello my name is Arnold Holmes Jr. and I would like to inform you about military spending and why I am concerned about the government’s spending over the last decade I will be discussing the national budget for defense and other government programs that are lacking and even ways to help change our budget to meet other needs while also still being vigilant and protecting this great nation from future terrorist attacks. Main point 1 Have you ever heard of a war on heart disease or a war on education? No the only phrase we have ever heard is the war on terrorism if this true and we are a peaceful nation then why are we spending (according to the comptroller or office under the secretary of defense) $525.4 billion dollars a year towards our military and only 2% of that is allocated towards diplomacy and not programs that could save our own Americans from disease and hunger. I do not know all the answers to these questions but I do know the possible solution to this problem is not a drastic cut in military spending on defense I’m not even asking for 100, 50, 10% if we only keep the same budget and would’ve take the 300 billion dollar increase that was used for 2012 and divide it up into education, health and diplomacy. If there was a 100 billion dollar increase in all of these sections would dramatically increase the research in diseases like heart disease and maybe increase the 2% spent on diplomacy and get back on track to being a peaceful nation. Main point 2 How do we change this spending you may ask some would say write your congressman or senator which is a good start but
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