A Reader's Critique

 

     USA Today uses this article "ObamaCare is fiscally irresponsible: Opposing view" to take a stand on Obama Care. Michael A. Needham, the author of this article, believes Obama Care to be "incompatible with fiscal responsibility." He uses a substantial amount of evidence to support this claim, but he lacks in his thoughts. He gives us his opinion based off facts; he doesn't really include how Obama Care affects his emotions. As an author taking a stand on an issue, it is his job to provide us with facts to support his claim, as well as some type of personal experience or emotion that he felt when dealing with this issue. That way the reader can trust his credibility because as the author he experienced the effect Obama Care has on the world. His article appears to a limited amount of people who feels as though Obama Care isn't helping our economy, it's hurting our economy. His article needs to appear to a wider range of people, it shouldn't appear to a certain group of people, but because of how the article is written, it only can appear to a certain crowd. If you want to make a claim that Obama Care isn't helping our economy, then you need to provide more information regarding that issue and ways to fix that issue. This will enable more people who may not agree with you to take a stand on this position because you've provided them with a solution to your problem. I don't necessarily agree with this article because I support Obama Care. I only support Obama Care because I like Obama and I believe that he is trying to make a change in the world, but given that opportunity to read something that's provides me with information on Obama Care and how it's helping/ hurting our economy, my opinion can easily change. So if Michael A. Needham wants to get through to people like me, who only support Obama Care because of the person involved within it, then they need to provide an argument that not only takes a stand on a topic, but it also expresses how that person feels about the topic and it provide us with a range of ways to fix that issue. Overall Michael A. Needham does a good job at stating his opinion on Obama Care and providing us with facts to support that claim, but he lacks in emotion and personal experiences as to why he doesn't support Obama Care. He could add some details regarding other people views on Obama Care verses his and some suggestions as to how he thinks we can fix or change the way Obama Care works.