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Persuasive Letter For Research Paper

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Samra Balic
62-35 81 Street
Middle Village, NY 11379

15 December 2014

Representative Grace Meng
118-35 Queens Boulevard Suite 1610
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Phone: 718-445-7861

Dear Representative Grace Meng:

The purpose of this letter is to briefly introduce our nation’s economy issues as a whole. I am asking for you to make revisions to the federal law to improve the conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation. Despite job gains, a strong stock market, and faster economic growth this year, many citizens are still concerned about the economy. As of November 7th the U.S economy added 214,000 jobs, which makes the unemployment rate down to 5.8 percent, the lowest in six years. The unemployment rate fell from 5.9% to 5.8%, which is lowest since July 2008. Hourly earnings rose three cents to $24.57 and are up just 2% over the past year, in line with the unclear increases so far in the five year recovery. Economists have been looking for a pickup in wage gains to branch more consumer spending. This recent data implies that the slow progression out of the Great Recession is gaining control. However, Americans are seeing their purchasing power rise while jobs come back thanks to falling oil prices. In my opinion, yes "unemployment" continues to decline as long as you carefully ignore the calculation of millions of people who are in fact still unemployed. The fact that millions of people have given up all hope of finding employment and are no longer seeking, and

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