Proposal

Proposal

Title:  The effects of prop. 30 on the California Budget and how  it will affect the educational prospect in california’s  school system.

           

Oct. 1 2012

Topic: The outcome of prop 30 and how that will affect California, specifically in the educational system (k-12) and community colleges.

Exigence:  This affects me personally, since I am a student and have witnessed major cuts to the college I attend and others across the state. If Prop 30 passes’s I will be personally benefited with new funds circulating to my school, though I will pay .25 (1/4 of a penny) more in state sale taxes.

Intended Audience: Voters,  college students and anyone interested in my opinion on prop 30.

Purpose:  The purpose is to spread awareness about Prop 30, giving details, insight and opinion on the matter.

Claims: That proposition is to be beneficial to California by providing funds  to the schools systems, bettering the quality of life by educating the youths.

Main Evidence: Research from ballotpedia.org and the official title summary analysis.

Ethos:  California is heading toward a disastrous decline; we don’t currently have enough funds to even support our schools anymore.  It is now speculated that If this proposition does not get passed California will be forced to cut nearly 6 billion dollars out of the states budget. Prop 30 is a direct response to this avoidable fate. Instead of making such a devastating cut, prop will raise the sales tax from 7. 25% to 7. 50% while simultaneously creating four new  tax brackets for incomes exceeding $250,000,  $300,000, $500,000 and  1,000,000. The tax rate imposed is 10.3% for incomes over $250,000 but less then $300,000, which is the current rate for incomes exceeding 1,000,000.  It will also tax incomes ranging $300,000 but less then $500,000 with a 11.3% tax rate and finally for incomes exceeding a $1,000,000 it will impose a 13.3% tax rate on the wealthiest of families. 89% of the revenues will be intergraded into (k-12) schools leaving the remanding 11% for the community colleges.  Though it is a large amount of money being circulated throughout the state the proposition will also bar the funds from being distributed for administrative cost, making the money solely spent for educational and public safety interests.

Pathos: I’ve been at Cabrillo for nearly 4 years and in that amount of time I’ve seen the most dramatic cuts. In 2008, the bus passes were a mere 30 dollars per semester, the cost per credit equated to about 8 dollars and the school held enough classes that anyone could enroll in a class with ease.  4 years later and it is a  very different story.  The bus pass is no more, Cabrillo simply couldn’t keep up with the cost. The price paid per credit rose 2 fold, and it is ever increasingly hard to enroll in the classes one wants. At the beginning of ever school year I am shuttered by the sounds of outraged students yelling at administrative employees for the inaccessibility of class’s or the whimper of a pleading student begging to get into a class.  Classes are over crowded , falling apart, and outdated. It has simply become more chaotic,  and the worst part, is that this is applying to all of California.  This proposition is really our only hope, it will give the schools the funding they need to accommodate the rush of students in our future.  Without the proposition being passed, California will make inevitably become bankrupt.

Logos:  It is only logical to tax the rich for the greater good for the whole.  Why must one individual hold nearly $300,000 dollars for their own expenses and necessities when a small portion of that money could easily intergraded into the infrastructure and make a positive change. Before. the utilitarist philosophy applied mostly to the poor, the under powered. The ones who suffered to allow a greater good for the whole, now that has to change. Incomes making more the $250,000 a year are a small percentage of california’s population, by taxing the rich and allocating that money to the schools it really will make a positive impact to the population. Not to mention the symbolism behind it, that educating individuals to think for themselves is more important  one who can make the most money. Vote Prop 30 for a better future for California,  and our kids.