Intro:
A. Hook: �Poverty is like a bleeding wound. It weakens the defenses. It lowers resistance. It attracts predators� (Shipler 18).
B. Background: The reader may need to know about the high price of getting a house, seeing a doctor, and getting a good education.
C. Focus statement: The high price of everyday necessities is making families fall into debt.
D. Supporting Statement:
The price of housing is making some families fall into debt.
The price of a medical bill can make somebody fall into debt.
The price that a person pays for technological necessities is making them fall into debt.
The price of a family member going to a institution can make a family fall into debt.
II. The price of a family member going to an institution could make his/her family fall into debt.
A. The price of a good education can hurt family�s funds.
B. The price of going to Fresno state full time for one semester would be around fifteen hundred not including books.
C. Everybody needs an education if they want to get a good job, and a good job can be a necessity in order to stay out of debt.
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III. The price that a person pays for technological necessities is making them fall into debt.
A. The price a person pays for technology can hurt his/her wallet or purse.
B. A price of a computer can cost at the least five hundred dollars and at the most one can cost around five thousand dollars.
C. Some of the technology that we use today can seem like a necessity; computer, internet, printer.
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IV. The price of housing is making some families fall into debt.
A. Many families today are falling into debt because they do not have the funds to keep up with their mortgage or rent.
B. The reason they fall into debt is because they spend most of their money on housing, and they do not have the money to pay for other necessities.
C. Everybody needs a house to weather all the elements.
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V. The astronomical price of a medical bill can make a person fall into debt.
A. The price of going to see a doctor can be expensive. Some person that I know that goes to C.O.S. went to just see the doctor and it cost three hundred dollars.
B. A major operation can cost over a thousand dollars, and some families do not have that much money lying around.
C. Seeing a doctor can be a necessity because life is a necessity that none of us can live without.
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VI. How to avoid getting into debt.
VII. How to get out of debt.
VIII.Conclusion:--