Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to start saving for their retirement

Central Idea: Starting early to save for future has many benefits over Social Security

I. (Attention Getter) Only 1 person, out of the 20 responses I got from the survey have started planning for their future.

A. This is understandable because most of us

probably think that worrying about social security at our age is

B. Because we are high school students, our school

schedule only allows us to work part time.

C. The one person that has started saving for their retirement is 32 years old, she currently works full time, attending two college classes and has a child. She is participating in her employer's profit sharing program or 401K plan. And this woman also owns stocks. She already has a good start on her future.

II. (Credibility Statement) I myself have started saving for my future by starting an IRA account, trading stocks and looking forward to purchasing my first home, I'm only seventeen years old.

III. (Reveal Topic) you simply cannot rely on Social Security to support you in your "Golden Ye

1. 5 people of the 20 surveyed own stock.

(Transition: So, compared to Social Security, putting your money in stocks and other investments for retirement is the much better deal.)

won't be taxed on the earnings until you withdraw it after you're 59 1/2 years old.

2. IRA stands for Individual Retirement

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Approximate Word count = 1611
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)