The author Cindi Ross Scoppe wrote the article "Scoppe: Government has to make choices families, businesses don't" wrote this article to show that the Government is not like families and businesses. They are here to make taxes and govern the people. The audience is everyone and anybody to read and understand. The article appeared in "The State" a South Carolina based paper.
The targeted group is to the people who are wondering about the government and what it is about to do with the taxes and other things that will effect the families and business. The article was also written to so that the government is not like the families. There are many things that you can say that the article is about. But the main point that the article wants its readers to know is that the government making decision that will effect many people and basis everyone and our generations to come. We has a U.S. need to make the choices to help our government or to turn the government down but the government is and will make the decision for us anyway.