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Summary Of Abolishing The Penny Makes Good Sense By Alan Blinder

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To begin with, Alan S. Blinder, the author of “Abolishing the Penny Makes Good Sense” argues that pennies should be abolished. He effectivity builds this argument by using plain folks appeal, logos, and bandwagon appeal to support his claim. In addition, the first technique the author uses to argue about abolishing pennies is plain folks appeal. In the text he states “If it’s not worth the time of an 8 year old to wrap pennies, why does the U.S government keep producing the things?” In this text he compares a normal 8 year old to the government by showing the lack of interest and time an 8 year old has compared to the government who has limited time also but they are still wasting time producing pennies. This persuades the reader to think that
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