Letter to editor - Essay Example

of Cartoon: Recession’s End (Your home address here)-letter sender October 14, The Open Forum The Denver Post 101-W. Colfax Ave., Suite 600Denver, CO 80202The Editor:As a resident of Denver for a little over a year, I had seen how unemployment in this part of the country deprived people of hope of ever finding decent jobs again. I have some friends and relatives who are looking for work but could not find any. I find the cartoon of Mr. Mike Keefe entitled “Recession’s End” very apt and appropriate (22 Sept.

2010 issue). It is illustrative of the illusion that our unkind politicians are trying to portray to the public that the recession is over when in fact it has not ended yet and the economic stimulus package only created debt but not enough jobs. I had talked with fellow students who graduated months ago but still jobless as of now as there are no decent job offers. I am afraid the same situation will prevail in Denver by the time I will also graduate.I am sure many natives of Denver will agree with my assessment that our economy is not doing as well as it should.

Statistics from May 2009 showed 225,000 people in Denver (Harden 1) who were out of a job and slim prospects of ever finding one. The number of jobless people had gone down a little bit to 195,700 this month and the man’s face sitting in the chair at an employment office exemplified feelings of hopelessness and disbelief felt by people who are in despair at not finding any decent jobs. The man in the suit from the Bureau of Economic Statistics standing nearby is also grossly out of touch with the reality on the ground.

Employment numbers and economic data showing a modest recovery are useless and meaningless to a lot of people who are still looking for work until now. Word count = 276Work CitedHarden, Mark. “Colorado Unemployment Up Slightly, to 7.4%.” Denver Business Journal. 10 Mar. 2010. Web. 13 Oct. 2010. . Memo To: Professor’s Name From: Student’s Name Date: October 14, 2010 Re: Letter to the Editor of The Denver Post (Recession’s End from 22 September 2010 issue) My intended audience is the people of Denver who are unemployed and probably desperately looking for a job.

The target readership could include people who still have jobs today but are worried about how the economy will turn out as the recovery seems very weak and in danger of falling back into a recession (a double-dip recession feared by economists). Readers from surrounding areas of Denver and perhaps the entire state of Colorado also comprise the corollary readership audience. The Denver Post is one of the leading regional papers and will be read by people from many neighboring states like Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming or even as far away as Idaho and Texas.

People in these states know the real economic situation in terms of employment rates and will certainly agree with my sentiments about how our leaders are managing our nation’s finances. My response to the cartoon will resonate with this audience and they will by sympathetic to the plight of people who have been unemployed for quite a long time. My assumption is people across the nation are more concerned with the economy (bread-and-butter issues) more than foreign policies (wars) or threats of terrorism.

My tone and word choices are in the form of an appeal to the voters this coming November to elect the right politicians who can fix the economy and help people like me.