Sheet2Input data from a XXX Customer1Planning(50% devoted to raw materials)$ 385,000.002Purshasing$ 650,000.003Expediting$ 255,000.004Receiving$ 535,000.005Inspection$ 205,000.006Warehouse: Labor (mgmt and staff)$ 450,000.007Warehouse: Space$ 302,000.008Accounting (30% devoted to accounts payable)$ 650,000.009Revenue generated per hour$ 47,000.0010Line down costs (fixed costs, etc.) per hour$ 42,000.0011Monthly hours lost due to passives (line down)0.6512Annual volume of passives$ 6,020,000.0013Total line items per year$ 155,000.0014Passive% of line items42%15Warehouse space % for passives31%Other dataCurrent Proposed (VMI)1XXX Proposed premium for the VMI program as % of the total passives cost16%2Cost of capital6%6%3Obsolescence costs as a % of inventory4%N/AUnder the VMI program, all products are assumed obsolence4Average passive turns per year 4205IRR10%10%Worksheet for savings under VMICurrent Proposed (VMI)Savings1Material costs2Annual passive planning costs3Annual passive purchasing costs4Annual passive expediting costs5Annual passive receiving costs6Annual passive inspecting costs7Annual passive warehouse (labor) costs8Annual passive warehouse (space) costs9Annual passive accounting costs10Interest cost11Obsolescence costs12Subtotal (2-11)13Total costs of acquisition (1+12)14Annual line down costs (fixed, etc.)15Total savings (13+14)16Annual revenu lost due to line down17Freed up capital18Opportunity cost of investing freed up [email protected]19Total revenu opportunity (16+18)20Total savings + revenue opportunity (15+19) James Roberts – Page 1 The United States Should Reform Construction Spending in Afghanistan General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that the USFG needs to reform the disbursement of construction monies in Afghanistan. Central Idea: The United States should reform construction spending in Afghanistan. Visual Aid: Slideshow Organization Pattern: Problem/ Solution I. Introduction A. Attention-getter: [Begin slide show] What do you see in this photo? [Ask for responses]. In fact what you see is a slaughter-house. Correspondent Matthew Gault of War is Boring reported on April 23rd that we have spent 1.5 million dollars in Kabul, Afghanistan for essentially nothing. When US inspectors arrived at this site they, and I quote, “found a largely open field” (Gault). And this is one of hundreds of similar projects scattered across Afghanistan (Gault). B. Relate to audience: Why am I telling you this? Well, every single one of you is a tax payer or will be a tax payer. You all work hard and the government take a portion of your hard work [pause] to support our interests; that’s taxes. Now this is not an anti-tax speech; there is no cure for death or taxes and I’m not here to tell you that paying taxes is bad. I do believe the government should spend our tax money wisely. They should honor our hard work [pause] by being as responsible.

1. Sheet2Input data from a XXX Customer1Planning(50% devoted
to raw materials)$ 385,000.002Purshasing$
650,000.003Expediting$ 255,000.004Receiving$
535,000.005Inspection$ 205,000.006Warehouse: Labor (mgmt
and staff)$ 450,000.007Warehouse: Space$
302,000.008Accounting (30% devoted to accounts payable)$
650,000.009Revenue generated per hour$ 47,000.0010Line
down costs (fixed costs, etc.) per hour$ 42,000.0011Monthly
hours lost due to passives (line down)0.6512Annual volume of
passives$ 6,020,000.0013Total line items per year$
155,000.0014Passive% of line items42%15Warehouse space %
for passives31%Other dataCurrent Proposed (VMI)1XXX
Proposed premium for the VMI program as % of the total
passives cost16%2Cost of capital6%6%3Obsolescence costs as a
% of inventory4%N/AUnder the VMI program, all products are
assumed obsolence4Average passive turns per year
4205IRR10%10%Worksheet for savings under VMICurrent
Proposed (VMI)Savings1Material costs2Annual passive
planning costs3Annual passive purchasing costs4Annual passive
expediting costs5Annual passive receiving costs6Annual
passive inspecting costs7Annual passive warehouse (labor)
costs8Annual passive warehouse (space) costs9Annual passive
accounting costs10Interest cost11Obsolescence costs12Subtotal
(2-11)13Total costs of acquisition (1+12)14Annual line down
costs (fixed, etc.)15Total savings (13+14)16Annual revenu lost
due to line down17Freed up capital18Opportunity cost of
investing freed up [email protected]19Total revenu opportunity
(16+18)20Total savings + revenue opportunity (15+19)
James Roberts – Page 1
The United States Should Reform Construction Spending in

2. Afghanistan
General Purpose: To Persuade
Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience that the USFG
needs to reform the disbursement of
construction monies in Afghanistan.
Central Idea: The United States should reform construction
spending in Afghanistan.
Visual Aid: Slideshow
Organization Pattern: Problem/
Solution
I. Introduction
A. Attention-getter: [Begin slide show] What do you see in this
photo? [Ask for responses]. In
fact what you see is a slaughter-house. Correspondent Matthew
Gault of War is Boring
reported on April 23rd that we have spent 1.5 million dollars in

3. Kabul, Afghanistan for
essentially nothing. When US inspectors arrived at this site
they, and I quote, “found a
largely open field” (Gault). And this is one of hundreds of
similar projects scattered across
Afghanistan (Gault).
B. Relate to audience: Why am I telling you this? Well, every
single one of you is a tax payer or
will be a tax payer. You all work hard and the government take
a portion of your hard work
[pause] to support our interests; that’s taxes. Now this is not an
anti-tax speech; there is no
cure for death or taxes and I’m not here to tell you that paying
taxes is bad. I do believe the
government should spend our tax money wisely. They should
honor our hard work [pause] by

4. being as responsible as they can with the money we provide.
C. Establish Credibility: Now I follow events relating to our
nation’s efforts in Afghanistan and
through my research I have learned that millions of dollars are
being wasted on unreliable
and even fraudulent construction projects. That is why …
D. Thesis and Preview: The United States should reform
construction spending in Afghanistan.
1. Gigantic sums are being wasted on useless construction
projects in Afghanistan.
2. Either US Congress should pass a law or our President should
sign an executive order
reforming how construction funds are spent in Afghanistan.
3. Reforming construction spending will improve conditions in
Afghanistan and here at
home.

5. [Let us first examine the enormous problem of wasteful
construction projects in Afghanistan.]
II. Body
A. Need for Change: Gigantic sums are being wasted on useless
construction projects in
Afghanistan.
1. The harm caused by the problem: We are paying for buildings
that are worthless
ruins.
Persuasive Speech – Example Outline – Page 2
a. On December 3rd of 2014 Matthew Gault reports in War is
Boring that this 2.7
million dollar justice center [change slide] in Parwan, near the

6. famous Bagram
Airfield, is nothing more than a half-completed pile of rubbish.
The
courthouse is worthless, but it cost us 2.7 million anyway.
b. On January 20th of 2010 Marisa Taylor of McClatchy
Newspapers reports that
the Tarakhil Kabul Power Plant, a $300 million dollar facility,
already $40
million over budget, was “ill-conceived and mismanaged”
(Taylor).
i. In the same article also says the Afghan government can’t
afford to
use the plant; the project is useless.
2. The problem is inherent to the current situation: Construction
companies will
continue to rip us off until we stop them, and the projects

7. mismanaged will not
disappear.
a. Sam Hillestad of Borgen Magazine reports on July 8th of
2014 that the Kabul
Power Plant situation has not improved after four years. In fact
the situation
is worsening (Hillestad).
[Now that we see the problem of wasteful spending, let’s make
things right.]
B. Plan: Either US Congress should pass a law or our President
should sign an executive order
reforming how construction funds are spent in Afghanistan.
1. How the plan works: Congress or the President will enact a
policy authorizing non-
payment to construction companies that do not work or charge
disproportionately

8. for services. These companies and the people who own them can
even be blacklisted
from bidding on future construction contracts.
2. How much the plan costs: This plan will cost very little. We
already have existing
structures to implement and inspect projects. And this plan will
help us to either get
what we pay for or keep our money.
3. How we enforce the plan: My plan is simple to emplace
because the US already
authorizes and funds these construction projects. We have the
power of the purse
and the power to designate responsible companies with proven
track-records.
[Now that you know how the plan works, let’s talk about its
advantages.]

9. C. Advantages of Plan: Reforming construction spending will
improve conditions in Afghanistan
and here at home.
1. Advantages: Conditions will improve in Afghanistan.
a. If companies know they won’t be paid without finishing
work, they will either
stop bidding or finish projects, or ignore the rules, not get paid,
and go out of
business.
i. With this system the important projects we need finished are
much
more likely to be finished.
Persuasive Speech – Example Outline – Page 3

10. b. Completing more projects in Afghanistan may increase
stability.
2. Incidental advantages: Conditions will improve at home.
a. With fewer tax dollars going to line the pockets of corrupt
businesses and
more projects being completed, we can focus our tax dollars on
other
projects, including things we need here in the US.
III. Conclusion
A. Transition Statement: (Pause briefly) I hope you now have a
better understanding of the
problems we face in Afghanistan and how we have an
opportunity to make things right.
B. Thesis and Review: The United States should reform
construction spending in Afghanistan.

11. 1. Gigantic sums are being wasted on useless construction
projects in Afghanistan.
2. Either US Congress should pass a law or our President should
sign an executive order
reforming how construction funds are spent in Afghanistan.
3. Reforming construction spending will improve conditions in
Afghanistan and here at
home.
C. Call to Action: I urge you to contact your state Senators or
Representatives, even our
President, and ask them to improve how our tax dollars are put
to work in Afghanistan and
elsewhere around the world.
D. Memorable Ending: You and I will continue to pay taxes.
Let’s do our best to ensure that
money is well spent.

12. Persuasive Speech – Example Outline – Page 4
Works Cited
Gault, Matthew. "Americans Keep Paying for Bad Work From
Afghan Contractors." War Is Boring. War Is

13. Boring. 23 Apr. 2015. Web. 19 Feb. 2016.
Gault, Matthew. "Here's How the Military Wasted Your Money
in Afghanistan." War Is Boring. War Is
Boring. 3 Dec. 2014. Web. 19 Feb. 2016.
Hillestad, Sam. "Tarakhil Power Plant in Afghanistan Sits Idle."
Borgen Magazine. The Borgen Project. 8
July 2014. Web. 19 Feb. 2016.
Taylor, Marisa. "Report Slams U.S. for Building Power Plant
Afghans Can't Run." McClatchy DC.
McClatchy Newspapers. 20 Jan. 2010. Web. 19 Feb. 2016.
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PERSUASIVE SPEECH 4

14. Title: PERSUASIVE SPEECH
Student’s Name:
Institution:
Americans should observe gender equality and make racial
discrimination an offence
General purpose: Persuasion of Americans to stop
discrimination.
Specific purpose: To persuade the Americans that all people are
equal regardless of their genders.
Central idea: The United States of America should protect all
their citizens hence bring out gender balance in the community.

15. Visual Aid: Slideshows
Organization pattern: