Issues Topic- Thomas

At first I had a tough time trying to choose my topic about what I was going to write about. I wanted to first write about poverty and how it exists in the world and that we also needed to focus on our own poverty in our own country so we can have a bigger influence on poverty in the world and helping others more effectively. The other one of my main ideas that I had when I first started brainstorming was the effect that fast food restaurants have on the world. The reason why I ended up not choosing this topic about fast food is because I don’t really have a stance on it whether it is good or bad, and also because it seemed a bit narrow to write a 8 to 10 page paper on. This is how I came up with my topic now which is the effect that American business has in other countries. Many American businesses are in other countries because the labor is cheap and it helps us Americans have lower priced items. Many people may argue that this is outsourcing and that Americans deserve those jobs. I will take the stance that the people in those countries are people too and that they depend on those jobs for an income, which to us may seem as a terrible income but it’s enough for those people to be willing to work at those jobs. It helps give jobs to families in poverty and lower the cost of our own products.