Robert E. Rubin Summary

The writer Robert E. Rubin, began his piece with how he became a treasury secretary in 1995, this is one way that the writer established his credibility. Throughout his piece he is making claims that the economy needs the poor just as much as the poor needs them. Since Rubin was a treasury secretary (1995-199) the tone of his piece was assertive. Finally, Rubin uses statistics as evidence to support his claims about the importance of the poor. For starters, Rubin made a claim that anti poverty programs like: “ Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, often called food stamps) and other safety-net programs,” serves a serious role for the economy. Rubin, furthermore supports his claim by writing, “They improve productivity and reduce social costs caused by crime, malnutrition and poor health.” On medicare.gov it states that, “Even if your income exceeds Medicaid income levels in your state, you may be eligible under Medicaid spend down rules,” which means that no matter how much …show more content…
I believe that since his tone was assertive it would make his readers believe that what he is saying is dear to his heart and that he means business. Also it shows that he actually wants change, not just for himself but for the whole country. For example, Rubin uses words/phrases like “We need to do more, not less”, “must adhere to certain rules”, and “we should be aware of these threats and keep our focus on protecting programs that combat poverty.” Rubin’s diction played a vital role with his tone because Rubin used the words “must adhere”, “we should”, and “we need to”, by Rubin doing this it shows that Rubin wants the nation to come as one and solve the problems that we are facing together. We in his piece represents we the people, and we the people need to fix what is going on with our