A country needs to decide if it will defend
itself ("guns") or feed its
population ("butter").
Look at the graph.
Construct a plan to help
the country attain Point
X.
Add more
gunmakers to
the labor force
and decrease
the number of
butter makers
Decrease the
quality of guns
and increase the
demand for
butter
Increase the
quality of the
butter and
create more
demand for guns
Streamline
production of
butter and begin
assembly-line
manufacturing of
guns

Should the city pass a ban on skateboarders on all public property, or are the citizens who oppose the ban right when they argue that there are benefits to having the skateboarders in public parks? plan and write a response in which you state your position and persuade readers to agree with you. support your position with reasons and examples drawn from the proposed amendment to ban skateboarding and from information in the letters to the editor, as well as from your own experience.