I believe we can all agree that taxes are a big
deal to us, so when I saw a blog entry in the Burnt Orange Report it
immediately caught my eye. Emily Cadik submitted a blog titled “Texas has the Third Most Regressive Tax System in the U.S.” The information in this entry
does pose some intriguing information about how taxes work in the state of
Texas. As I read the blog, I realized this was geared toward low-income
citizens of Texas. The redundancy about how Texas charged low-income earners
more than they did the top 1% of the population was inevitably present.
She
only uses two sources for her information instead of gathering a variety of different
sources. Having multiple sources tells the reader that there has been a good
amount of thought into the topic since so many people have published
information about it. This attracts more people to consider the issue in the
blog. It could also spark the necessary action that needs to be taken in order to fix how our state taxes work.
Although, typically, blogs are supposed to be fairly short as compared to a full report, I do believe
that they should not only educate but propose some insight on what the blogger feels
about the topic he/she has written about. With that in mind, I feel that this
entry would have a lot more impact on the readers if it had the author’s
insight on the topic instead of just having data. As a writer, your purpose is to strategically impose your opinion into your readers. Blogs are supposed to be a
reflection of whom the author is and what their stand is on the type of topics
they choose to write on. Without this, a blog is just another news report. Emily Cadik chose a great topic to write on, but I
feel that her blog could have been a lot better with some of her own insight on
the way Texas taxes its citizens.
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