Economy Debate Topics for Students — page 3

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• I believe we can {and afford} to ensure the income of every adult is over the poverty line {be it through welfare payments or something else}. I believe we can also ensure that everyone has access to adequate amounts of what is commonly viewed as the necessities of life. Food,…
• Hello, I respectfully disagree that I focused on reducing it instead of eradication. I made the specific point that the fact we have reduced it puts us in a better position to be able to eradicate the remaining poverty. There is a relatively small number left to help (in some…

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• European Monetary Fund creates global AND regional system
• The EMF could enhance transparency of public finances

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• haha nice darryn. Check out that comment! loving it lol. I have your xbox 360 hard drive so u betta be nice to me. Therefore it is actually me who has won, THUS, I>U.
• Go for It Darryn! I will let you present your case first.

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• Thanks for the debate! so in a nutshell, while I'm a fan of the capitalist system and market economics, government intervention is required occasionally to correct market failure- that is, where the market outcome is not the socially optimal one. Taxation is a case in point:…
• Hi all, just signed up! apologies in advance for the mistakes in form I'm bound to make. Definitions: The Rich: top 10% income bracket and above Tax rates: marginal effective tax, which includes capital gains, etc rates http://en.wikipedia.org... The argument: I intend to argue…

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• R1: Income tax reductions increase economic growth, Income tax increases reduce economic growthCon claims that income tax reductions increase economic growth, while income tax increases reduce economic growth. This is true -- but this is not what trickle-down does. Trickle-down…
• I will be arguing in this debate that trickle down economics (also known as supply-side or reaganomics) is a failed economic system and only results in the stagnation of wages for the working class, an intense growth in income inequality, and severe economic recessions among…

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• hey azjar, don't worry about being late or whatever. i'm just glad you aren't like the other people that accept a debate then never present an argument. so thanks for responding. -welfare first of all let me remind the readers of this debate that welfare is the extortion of…
• ok i'm not exactly sure what to say if someone doesn't respond to my opening argument so as soon as you bring up any opposition to what i said in round 1, i will counter it.

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• Technology will lead job growth for youths.
• Changing education systems and democracy.

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• Dismantling gerontocracies
• Maintaining access to pension and healthcare plans

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• I will begin by offering 3 main premises for my argument. 1. Most essential services that all human beings are entitled to as members of society should be socialized. Socialized, meaning owned and operated by the community as a whole, whether that means through the Government,…
• I will offer rebuttals and a closing statement. My opponent claims that nations with universal healthcare are not nearly as wealthy as the United States, and that the 2nd most richest nation on Earth (People's Republic of China) has only half the GDP of the US. For starters,…

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• Ignore the double forfeit round Once again, I apologize for forfeiting last round but DDO was down to fix the forfeit glitch so there was nothing I could do. My opponent, on the other hand, has not left his speech anywhere. So let me just go over the main reasons I'm winning…
• I affirm and value morality. This implies util as the value criterion, i. e. having the best results possible is the most moral action. Sinnot Armstrong (. http://sites.duke.edu...): Of course, there are many other versions of deontology. (. .. ) deontological theories unable…

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• There isn't a single economic model anywhere that shows that government "investing" yields long term economic growth. Fairness is not an American value. Reducing taxes and cutting government spending will increase the overall wealth of America which is not finite, but in only…
• Ok, I wrote that so I will rewrite it here: The first step to fix this country is to immediately slash federal government spending. Although this will send a shock through the entire economic system, it is a necessary shock. When the system is artificially propped up, there…

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• The question of what is and what is not capital is one very much so pertinent to American society, especially considering our country's conformity to capitalist principles. This system of buying and selling is an integral part of our society without which we would be unable to…
• Interesting topic. I'm looking forward to seeing where this debate leads. Thanks to my opponent for instigation, and I wholeheartedly look forward to this round.

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• Point recognized, but, if you don't have stress from all the work, you will be less pressured to work under the table. As you said, the government won't be furious because they can just place larger fines on working under the table. Think about it, would you rather stay safe…
• I agree that there should be a legally mandated ceiling on weekly working hours. Having a cap on weekly working hours could potentially reduce stress, create more family time, add more jobs, eliminate a few abusive cases and less chances of error. If a single person is working…

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• Great constructive Subutai! I stand affirmed, that 'All countries should use the same currency'. Unlike my opponent I will not focus on any specific established currency. The resolution does nothing to indicate the adoption of an already established currency, so under the…
• Sorry for the wait Subutai, and thanks for issuing this challenge! I've got to say I really appreciate the round structure you're laid out for this debate to operate under, and I look forward to the forthcoming clash.

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• Well that's good then.
• I don't believe people living in an apartment should be taxed more than people living in a house. Convince me otherwise.

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• The food industry more often than not advertises food as natural and healthy. Instead they cruelly stuff animals in small cages and feed them formula. The animals tend to die of disease and over-growth in such houses. Pigs are by far one of the worse treated animals, they are…
• In the food industry, GMO(genetically modified organism) is the norm. There are GMO chickens and corn, cows and pigs, but what you don't know is that these GMO operations can lead to gruesome outcomes. The chicken is overgrown to a bone crushing point, it is kept hidden in…

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• I would like to argue that governments should pick winners and losers. The very fact that there is a government is what picks winners and losers. Government by definition picks winners and losers. Governments pick who gets what business grants and who doesn't. Who gets taxed…
• "Everyone has to pay tax so I'm not sure what you mean." When the government decides to tax who and at what rate its picking winners and losers. Who will win at keeping the most of their money and who will lose at keeping most of their money. "The real role of a government is…

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• You are a flip flopper, but even those win a lot. You are devious.

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• This round calls for conclusions. I have shared the voters with reasons why Welfare should be abolished, and how we should replace it. Con fails to negate my argument. For the most Part, Con agrees with most of the points I was making. Con fails to prove to us that the system…
• I'm really unsure where to begin in this round because Con stated his argument in R1. So I will begin by refuting his argument now, then by defending my argument. Con states "Getting Rid of welfare would help very few, but it would harm many. Who would you be trying to help by…

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• NAFTA has improved democracy in Mexico.
• The US has benefitted from NAFTA through lower prices and increased trade

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• If I don"t have enough money, I would earn more money correct? One way of doing that is spending the money you have to earn even more. Sure spending money on fixing roads is a good idea. What if you don"t have enough though? Let"s say a road costs $10,000 to fix, but you only…
• "One example if middle class family are having shortage of money what will they first prefer to do with that little money will they invest in birthday marriage or will they invest on food health education." Birthdays and marriage do not bring in money. Festivals on the other…

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• Welfare should not be a lifestyle. It should be a way to support you or your family for a TEMPORARY period of time until you can find a job. The way welfare is today, people are able to survive off of it without getting a job. They may not be living a lavish lifestyle, but…
• So they're richer than 20% of people in the world. Does that mean everyone else is dead? They are definitely struggling but they are clearly living. And to your point on it's not a living wage, I don't think you read that second article. A druggy woman (on welfare), a druggy…

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• Why?
• people shouldn't forfeit

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• The cost of college is becoming a big problem in the U.S. But that is not the fault of the universities. If the economy and other main factors where not in such a hole, there would be no reason to raise tuition. However, there are many options for students out there to find…
• Your statement saying that everyone should receive an equal opportunity to a adequate education is very true. However I believe the government and states are doing there best for what they got. Loans and other programs to get student to high end schools would just the nation in…

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• The information that is used to create a credit score is derived from five main areas: types of credit in use (10%), new credit (10%), Length of credit history (15%), amounts owed (30%), and payment history (35%). Credit agencies do not use factors such as gender, race,…
• Con said, "Just because not every…minority is responsible for the statistical situation of their group does not mean that they are not responsible for their own credit score, indeed, it is for precisely the same reasons that absolve them from responsibility for their group,…

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• I hate throwing around trite phrases like straw man in a debate; however, my opponent is clearly twisting my words around in an attempt to make himself look better. For example, he first exclaims that I am indicating a dead person has more rights (regarding dispersement of…
• My opponent's assumption that I presume all taxation to be bad is false. For one, I am a democrat. Two, I noted in my argument that I clearly supported paying taxes (I suggested a deceased individual should be required to pay income taxes the following 4/15 after their death).…

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• con doesn't say what he would cut to make the deficit gone or pay the debt. he just says it's possible. okay, but at what expense? cutting social security and medicare? con says it wouldn't be a problem if the government was small enough. does that include social security and…

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• I accept my opponents concession.
• "And then, in 2008 when the Recession hit, the Democrats were in charge again. "The democrats were freshly elected yes, but whose policies were in effect? Tax cuts for the rich from G. W. Bush. In fact, the recession actually struck before the dems were actually in office. This…

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• My opponent asks " how long does this deficit have to go on before it actually starts to hit the economy. " He then goes on to quote sources that say it already has impacted the economy where he cites " A study by the World Bank found that if the debt-to-GDP ratio exceeds 77…
• In round 2 I will; Define terms Terms Federal revenue is the total federal income. Federal outlay is the total dollars spent in a year. It is defined as the total mandatory spending plus the total discretionary spending plus debt service. Deficit is the amount of money borrowed…

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• Please read the "To My Opponent" section of my argument before you read my argument and start on your rebuttals. Yes. The Burden of proof does rely on me. I must prove that the Federal Reserve did not cause the Great Depression. I. Bank Failures I.i Investments "Still, the…
• I agree with my opponent for dropping the presupposed stances, and from now on, there will be no required stances. I. How Did the Federal Reserve Cause the Great Depression In 1913, the Democrats wanted a more centralized banking system, and they did just that with the Federal…

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• 1) Capitalism obeys the definition of a game: "a form of play or sport, esp a COMPETITIVE one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck." Even the "play or sport" section of the definition is attributable; the institutions based on gambling are so…
• Let's see if Ragnar is up on his game. 1,000 char maximum, 1st round for intros.

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• I ran out of time on my last argument but I will just give my argument It is true that a 10% would be a lot less than what the federal government usually get, but this could finally lead to cuts the government and the budget saving money. With this flat tax it would be a lot…
• The debate is about if the United States should change their tax system to a national retail flat tax of 10% on all retail items. I will be the pro side while con will defend the tax system already in place.

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• In the United States of America $5.85 is the National Minimum wage. Tipped wages can legally be as low as $2.13 an hour[1]. In Costa Rica the wages for working in a sweatshop is equivalent to $2.38 an hour[2]. Now taking that into consideration, Costa Rica's national GDP per…
• In a country on the brink of a huge economic downfall (USA), we are in a great need for affordable goods. The products that we rely on everyday are coming from countries that are terribly poor. Employment rates in these countries and quality of most working conditions are low.…

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• Rebuttals:Increases the standard of living for the poorest and most vulnerable class in society:"Clearly, the min. wage would vastly improve the situation for these parents, in turn dealing with the poverty to some extent. This is the fundamental reason to employ a min. wage:…
• Hello, Chelsea. I saw your argument for minimum wage. I would like to debate this issue with you. As a supporter for the abolition of minimum wage, I think we could have a good conversation on the topic. I will give you the first word this round, if you choose to accept.

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• You haven't established anything- but let's assume it were true, Mike Maloney is a very experienced economist who predicted the 2008 crisis 1 month befre it happened, and he said we don't need a Federal Reserve. You see where ths can go? Throughout this debate you have provided…
• Andrew Jackson did not destroy the economy, the bankers contracted the money supply after he ended their privately owned central bank. It's like Brexit, the Brittish people demanded their nation back, so the banksters withdrew all their investments and created a very short…

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• Alright! Rebuttal time! I see you have some contentions which I will address in turn. First you claim minimum wages cannot be fairly proportioned to accommodate the city dwellers and the smaller townspeople. Actually that is not true. Fuel, groceries restaurants and rent, taxes…
• Thanks for accepting. There are many reasons that the minimum wage should be raised to 15 dollars. 1. Raising the minimum wage will benefit the economy. http://www.cnbc.com... By raising the minimum wage to $15 dollars an hour the economy will raise with it. "The U.S. economy…

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• Bleh. Vote Con. I'll quote some Minxin Pei here."With the United States apparently in terminal decline as the world's sole superpower, the fashionable question to ask is which country will be the new superpower? The near-unanimous answer, it seems, is China. Poised to overtake…
• My opponent has cancelled his account on DDO, unfortunately, and in doing so concedes this debate to me. Please vote Pro. Thank you. Ugh. Nowadays it is hard to get a good debate, or even one that lasts to the end

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• "My rebuttal is that there is limited space in other stores and if you are an american who needs a job you have to go to Wal-Mart who then can afford to pay low wages because that person has no where else to go and he needs this job. So they actually have to seek employment…
• As this argument is about how good Wal-Mart is for America, I would like to focus on America as a whole. While you may be correct in stating that Wal-Mart offers low wages and poor benefits, this is an issue with employment. Remember that Wal-Mart is not obligated to provide…

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• I want to begin by thanking Stephen_Hawkins for the debate and I would like to first address some administrative issues and then move on to my introduction and topical analysis for the resolution itself. Pursuant to PRO"s stipulation, I will present an affirmative case in the…

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• con argues taxing the rich more doesn't help the lower class. it does, because they dont have to pay the taxes to support the programs being run. and, some of the programs directly benefit them such as food stamps etc. con argues taxing the rich more will just cause them to…
• my opening argument will be mostly borrowed from a recent article: US Set to Become the Newest Third World Country http://iacknowledge.net... "The United States, the home of Capitalism, is about to demonstrate its ultimate failure, as the cannibalistic economic system consumes…

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• >Are you saying that there should be no law against falsifying financial statements? Advertisements employ the art of persuasion, where rhetoric and innuendo are appropriate. Financial statements should be factually accurate by law because altering them with incorrect…
• Thank you, DarrowDobaksa, for taking up this debate. I do, however, disagree with your disagreement on several of my points. :) >It merely says, if you're going to do business in this country, you're going to do it honestly and fairly... or else. Why must those statements be…

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• okay, I can see how bitcoin should not be a way to pay but that whole statement saying something like "Penny's being $100" would it even be called a penny then but I don't see economy coming to that not at all. (also IT wont happen)
• I don't have anything to say I just want to know what you say

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• For clarification purposes, my first argument clearly states "Nothing that any person has ever done for another person was completely without a price / reward of some sort." Even if you ate wild berries for lunch, it still costs the earth the berries grew out of nutrients.
• You may not have had to pay for your lunch, but that doesn't mean it was free. Someone had to pay for the food. Their reward, if nothing else, was the personal / spiritual fulfillment on the behalf of that person / those people.

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• I would first like to refute my opponents arguments, and then strengthen my own case. My opponent stated in his first contention that the unemployment rates will increase. He stated that we are hurting the future of America if we raise the minimum wage, which I have already…
• I am in strong affirmation of the resolution, which states that the national minimum wage should be increased. I will now give my contentions. Contention 1: A $15/hour minimum wage won't result in major job losses because it would put money in the pockets of millions of…

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• There was no challenge to my second-round submission and therefore I suggest that nothing contained within it is challenged. I will now move to the well documented fact that mining and other companies that are based in Western Democracies behave in ways that plainly…
• My position is a simple and logical one it is based on the following: 1.Many businesses actually list in their mission statement that their primary objective is shareholder returns or building shareholder value. There is no reason to doubt that they are being honest when they…

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• Assuming that it's true that Being a Church implies that classified as serving the General Welfare & classified as serving the General Welfare implies that Ought not be Taxed, then it's true that Being a Church implies that Ought not be Taxed. Being a Church implies that…

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• Welfare can never be morally justified a) Personal ownership, private property, and negative rights My opponent is correct when he observes we do not live in a vacuum: we actually live in a society based on the mutual co-operation of the members of that society. Under the…
• Libertarians believe that "all persons are entitled to keep the fruits of their labor" and income tax should, therefore, be abolished. Of course, this will leave an enormous black hole in the public finances but the Libertarians have a solution for this: slash public spending.…

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• My constructive case is going to be kept very brief (and disappointingly low-quality) because it's 4am and I'm not going to have time again within the next 18 hours to write this (to hell with 24 hr time limits). Capitalism is the "most beneficial system for the world" because…
• I accept.

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• extend all arguments
• "Taxes will raise prices of merchandise, but not dramatically, because other competing businesses would try to stay at a low price." Yes taxes will raise prices of merchandise a lot over time. Hope you like math. you spend 350$ a week, under a non taxation sales tax zone. Under…

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• I would like to remind myself and the Contender that you can not bring up any new points for Round Three. It is only for rebuttals and conclusions. Thank you.…
• With tax cuts, business owners would either expand their businesses or lower the prices. An overwhelming majority of businesses will take advantage of tax cuts for the sake of profit, either it be expanding themselves or lowering the prices. If they expand, it requires more…