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Chunk #1: Intro Hook: �Poverty is like a bleeding wound. It weakens the defenses. It lowers resistance. It attracts predators� (Shipler 18). Context: Family Debt Main Argument: The high price of everyday necessities is making families fall into debt. Supporting Reasons: Housing prices are too high, the price of medical care is too high, Education is too expensive, the cost of technological necessities is too high. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chunk #2: Education and family debt The high price of education can make just about anybody fall into debt. I talked to my aunt about her daughter going to college and she told me that she almost went into debt just paying for her daughter to go to college. College or any education is a necessity in today�s society. If someone does not have a good education, they might fall into debt faster than someone who does. housing and family debt Transition:-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chunk #3: Technology and family debt The high price of all these technological gadgets that may seem as necessities can make a regular person fall into debt. The price of a computer alone can cost about one thousand dollars. Most families today see a computer and the internet as a necessity especially when they are going to college. Trnsirion:-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chunk #4: Housing and family debt The high price of getting a house and renting a apartment can make a family fall into debt. A person who pays the mortgage or rent, and utilities can fall into debt because they might not have the funds needed to pay these items. In addition, the price of the extraneous price of these items can make a person fall into debt. Transition: -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- chunk #5: Medical care and family debt The price of seeing a doctor can make somebody fall into debt. �In the last five years, insurance premiums jumped 73 percent, but wages rose only 15 percent�Health coverage alone �is eating up about a quarter of the increase in workers' earnings� (Clemmitt Rising Health). Health care is a necessity that can make just about any family fall into debt. Transition:-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chunk #6: How to avoid getting into debt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chunk #7: How to get out of debt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- conclusion: |
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