Essay - Speech Saving for Retirement Speech Saving for Retirement Specific Purpose:...

Speech

***** For Retirement Speech

Saving for retirement

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to save for ***** in order to enjoy a better lifestyle.

Central Idea: My audience should follow my idea of saving for retirement so that they can enjoy a comfortable lifestyle that ***** will *****; they ***** be able to make their own choices without financial strain.

INTRODUCTION:

ATTENTION STEP) Mr. C had always envisioned his retirement as a blissful time in his life, time ***** he would spend with his wife ***** many years ***** the house in which they raised ***** only child. He had a l*****rge pension coming from the company where he had worked for over 30 years, and ***** counted on *****cial security to supplement this income. But just after Mr. ***** retired, the company that he worked for went bankrupt. A few m*****ths after retirement, *****. C w***** back at *****ork, this time as a retail clerk.

***** you worried th*****, someday, you might *****come Mr. C, or someone like him? Have you been trying to avoid thinking about retirement because you're worried about saving? Do you think ***** too young to ***** ***** *****? If any of t*****se describe you, I have the in*****mation that will answer your questions. ***** can tell you how ***** have a different ********** during retirement th*****n *****. C does.

Once upon a time, I w***** also *****orried about saving for my *****. More accurately, I was afraid to think about it. But after seeing what happened to Mr. C ***** decided to do some research, and found that ***** for retirement isn't as hard ***** it seems.

You ***** follow my suggestion to save for ***** because ***** don't know ***** will happen ***** you, financially, ***** you retire. ***** you save for retirement, you will most likely be able to enjoy ***** lifestyle that ***** are used to *****out much financial strain.

BODY:

***** OR PROBLEM *****) In this troubled econo*****, each day the news is filled with more company closings and news about failing social security.

As mem*****rs of society, we ***** need ***** understand that the global economy ***** facing a downturn.

In his first State of the Union, President Barack Obama stated that the ***** was the one concern ***** "rises above all o*****rs ***** *****." He noted that almost everyone has been affected or knows someone ***** has ***** affected by the economic crisis.

Acc*****ding to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the federal unemployment rate ***** been steadily creeping higher and higher, increasing ***** 6.2 percent in September of 2008 to 8.1 percent in February of 2009.

***** dwellers of ***** times, we have to realize that jobs and social security are unstable institutions to provide financial stability during retirement.

The American Association of Retired persons found that ***** plans' coverage is quite unstable, differing greatly based on ethnicity, age, pay grade, and education.

In addition, ***** AARP also found ***** social security benefits are becoming a problem