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Authors note- I didn’t find it hard to choose a topic. I chose the topic of taxes on the rich because it is just something that I am interested. I thought it was really easy to find sources on the library database about this topic. One problem I had was narrowing down my results because I got like 20,000 results when I first typed in taxing the rich but after you showed us how to pick databases that helped a lot. One of the things I revised after reading my paper out loud to my partners was that fact that I kept repeating the words "taxing the rich" way to many times. I didn’t realize it until I read my paper out loud to my partners. reading my paper out loud was very beneficial for me. I think some of the strengths in my paper were my sources. I feel like I had sources that fit my topic perfectly and presented different sides of the argument. I found some good quotes and I think they helped me prove my point. one of the weakness I think I have is my conclusion because it was short.

Outline-intro- talking about the topic and narrowing it down to taxes body paragraph 1. introduce the argument with the topic and state my side body 2. talk about a source and give evidence body 3. how i feel about the evidence given. conclusion. where i want to go with the topic I did not follow my outline that well

America Split on Taxing the Rich
Kaden Nosbush
Professor Joel
English 102
02/10/14
We have all heard about how the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. But how bad have things really gotten? In an article written by Cory Doctorow, on BoingBoing.net, I came across some staggering statistics. “40% of all American workers make less than $20,000 a year.” “In the United States today, the wealthiest one percent of all Americans have a greater net worth than the bottom 90 percent combined.” “49.7 million Americans are living in poverty. That is

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