Speech Exercise: Healthcare Reform

Barack Obama Speech Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction

OBAMACARE Doing Less for Fewer and Costing More

Pros:
- Universal health care.
- Only country still without it.
The pros are emphasized by using logos and pathos. Logic is used when showing statistics that the deficit will not greatly increase with the reform and coupled with the appeal to emotions to providing health care to all and help those who suffer and have so long gone without health insurance, see a brighter tomorrow.

Cons:
- Increases spending deficit.
- Creates a more socialized government.
The cons are emphasized through fear tactics. Pathos is also used to scare the public into thinking we are stepping closer to a world of communism.