Economy Debate Topics — page 25

For

• Rules: 1. No statistics without a reference. My argument is that The minimum wage should be decent enough so that people doing easy jobs can still make a decent living and that the ones making millions of dollars in bonuses don't need it.

For

• A well-implemented progressive taxation scheme serve to promote economic growth
• Those able to pay more should pay more into the tax system

For

• Extend all arguments across the flow.
• In this debate, I affirm the resolution and stand on the PRO. Thesis: The freedom of speech can be limited (philosophically) in circumstances where its exercise causes harm to society or inhibits democracy. Because Chick-Fil-A's stance on gay rights issues brings an obstruction…

For

• Definitions "A minimum wage is the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly wage that employers may legally pay to employees or workers. Equivalently, it is the lowest wage at which workers may sell their labor." http://en.wikipedia.org... The "having an economic effect" caveat in the…
• My opponent has forfeited, so all my previous arguments stand unrefuted. The data are overwhelming that minimum wage laws cause unemployment, especially among teenagers. If Con's argument were correct, that increased costs would be absorbed out of employer profits, the laws…

For

• Realizing that defeat is inevitable, the once mighty Yraelz flees in terror like a scared kitten! A real shame as I don't get to use my field spell card!Thanks for the debate!Vote PRO!Logical Master
• REBUTTING CON's CASE!!!Turapu kado hatsudo!!!Not so fast! I reveal my face down card, Unjustifiable Assumption! At the cost of 1882 characters, I can destroy any argument from my opponent that is premised upon an unjustifiable assumption! Here, both of my opponents arguments,…

For

• Im going to start with attacking my opponets case then preceed in defending my own. my opponet has failed in this round to relate any part of this debate to the criterion, majority rule, this is because the negative viewpoint is based on a minority of people. these people being…
• my opponet has accepted my value and criterion and has made note of the fact that i have the burden to prove free trade is good and that he dosent have to prove protectionism is good only that free trade is bad, therefore whomever proves that quality of life and majority rule…

For

• Because my opponent did not submit an argument, I continue to advocate which I stated in the previous round. In closing, I am not against the idea of Social Security. I think that it was a necessary program in the era of the Great Depression and World War 2 to help lift America…
• My opponent did not submit an argument last round so therefore I shall start. Social Security is a "Ponzi" scheme [1]. The money that gets automatically deducted from people's paychecks each month does not go into a savings fund somewhere, it goes into the pockets of a current…

For

• Hi, thanks for accepting. This is my first debate (on this website I mean!), so go easy! Cider is my most favourite drink in the world. A Pint of Thatchers Gold in my local on a warm day is just above the birth of my child in terms of highlights. However... Beer in the UK in my…
• When I talk about beer, i'm referring to lager, cider, bitter, dark beer, and generally ale in all it's existences. I think given how fundamental it is to our culture in the UK, making the price of it prohibitive is wrong, and is possibly doing more harm than good.

For

• There are many reasons as to why capitalism is flawed and not something to be praised: 1. Alienation of the means of production and the commodity from the worker Capitalism cannot exist without the means of production (i.e. the factories where one works, the tools and machines…
• Capitalism is a system doomed to crises. Accept if you're willing for an argument with a strong Marxist who does actually know economics.

For

• Currently, in my country at least, the level of minimum wage is determined by provincial legislatures, and I belive it is similiar in the United States as well. Yet does this really make sense? Provinces, states, and nations can be very large entities, and no one can really…

For

• The government get's money a lot of other ways then just capital gains taxes. your showing a same part. The capital gains tax harms economic performance. It turns out that there are many reasons why the capital gains tax harms economic performance. Clemens, Lammam and Lo…
• Only certain types of businesses can TAKE advantage of this tax. That being said, Not all businesses can take advantage of this beneficial 20% rate. C corporations, for example, are not able to leverage capital gains , unlike an S corporation or LLC, the income does not flow…

For

• One final chance for opposition.
• If we look into the longer term economic horizon we see that the subsidisation of an economic entity to necessitate its survival will lead to the peril of that entity. We can look at the disaster of GM, which we are still bailing out because of the governments failure to let…

For

• FDI is useful for our country in every sense for it will not only bring new infrastructure to our land but will also provide competitive environment. The wastage of agricultural produce can be hindered or atleast reduced. It will enable the farmers get better price for their…

For

• Apple owns the monopoly for the IPAD...I fail to see how this supports your argument, so I won't refute it. All of this true.Wal-Mart...Wal-Mart does not yet have a monopoly on stores. If it did, there would be no motivation for low prices, because people couldn't shop anywhere…
• Reason 1: Monopolies do not benefit the consumer.If a company has a monopoly on a product, there is a pretty good chance that it is going to charge customers through the nose for it. The company, after all, has complete assurance that nobody can offer the product at a lower…

For

• Sources : THE CONSTITUTION OF OUR COUNTRY" By Frank A. Rexford -- 1924 I believe the federal reserve system is destroying America, and has been since it's birth. "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies . . . If the American…

For

• Thank you Domr for accepting the challenge. Within the last century, capitalism has transformed most of the world into an industrial economy and has indeed successfully increased our production and technological innovation. Though, capitalism, in the traditional sense, is now…
• Pro will argue that capitalism is dying. Con will argue that capitalism is not dying. Capitalism Definition (Investopedia)A system of economics based on the private ownership of capital and production inputs, and on the production of goods and services for profit. The…

For

• I've been trying to decide whether to be mean and post a full round or to just be nice and post nothing. I've decided to post what I had already typed up PRIOR to darkkermit's forfeit, since it's not my fault he couldn't post his argument. Here we are: I'll begin with a very…
• Thanks for an interesting topic darkkermit. It is one I (claim to) know a great deal about. The Glass-Steagall Act, passed during the Great Depression, prevented the merger of commercial banks, investment banks, and insurance companies. There were good reasons for doing so, as…

For

• i would cut head start. section 8 housing. cut or significantly trim meals on wheels. significnatly cut depatment of education. i coudl go on and on with what should be reduced if you admit efficiencies can be found, that usually means spending can be reduced. otherwise they…
• con argues instead of cutting spending, he basically says we should increase taxes. he didnt use that jargon, cause it's poison. i would agree tax increases is a good thing, but would posit it needs to be a balanced approach. there are surely places where spending could be…

For

• The "affordability index" that I was referring to is simply stating the fact that wages have not kept up with inflation over the last 30 years. And, the reasons are as I've previously laid out.http://www.washingtontimes.com...Or, as CNN reported in 2006. "Employee pay lowest…
• It seems obvious that my opponent has taken an economics course, possible a couple of them. I say this because his arguments are fairly sound, THEORETICALLY. Kind of like tax cuts for the rich will stimulate the economy, and tax-cuts for business will encourage investments.…

For

• "Games are too expensive and the industry would benefit from lower price points" -Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim director Todd Howard. But I do think industry-wide we would benefit from more games out at $19 or $29. I would try more games. Because I'm not going to try a game for $60.…

For

• It's ok. Hopefully we can debate in the future on minimum wage.
• Extended

For

• Microsoft has grown to be a monopoly for a long time and it is starting to get pedestrian, pretty much like Walmart, except for is is not cheap.
• In many ways it is, it is the dominant OS on PC's at at work place. It is more bug ridden than the alternatives but still has the largest market share at a higher price. What do you call that? It is lacking creativity and sees whatever makes money out there and try to copy it,…

For

• A horse walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Why the long face?" The horse says, "A machine stole my job." Of course, the horse didn't suspect that owning a car would become the norm. There wasn't the infrastructure or the money per household to support machines taking…
• This is a debate in the second round of the official May tournament. TUF and I are going to be debating the topic that is written out in the topic portion above. Structure is pretty standard. In TUF's first debating round, he will be allowed to provide rebuttals. Otherwise…

For

• Now we must look into the many Miss-conceptions of my opponents caseIn his first contention, he talks about about how "Tax's will harm America in the long run", however, this is a total false hood. He stated that "it will cut the deficit by $500 Billion", but if we look to Paul…
• May we have fun, and may it serve a greater purpose in the up coming weeks, as it is the current high school PF resolution. Now let us begin! "Although it is not usually popular with the American public, the concept of raising taxes does offer certain benefits. In some cases,…

For

• If we take away the penny (and the nickel), we will be back at 1947. This was shortly after the Great Depression ended, and if we don't have smaller coins (the lack of small coins prevented us from getting out of this terrible event), a whole new Great Depression could appear.…
• Many economic breakdowns have resulted in the collapse of countries. My opponent clearly said we could get over it however may I argue that the Soviet Union, one of the two superpowers in the world at that time, experienced an economic collapse. This crisis was one of the key…

For

• but workers should be motivated to work harder by giving them higher wages otherwise they would all leave and the manager will become unemployed.
• Managers are given all the credit even though its the workers doing the real work while managers just sit back being bossy. who do you think deserves more wages?

For

• Rebuttals and Conclusions only this round please. No new arguments. Before I start my argument, I will give the definition of "contribution" and "quality/quantity of work", which are used interchangeably in my argument. Ex. If Bob bakes 100 tasty bread while Joe bakes 100…
• Thank you for a great argument. *I am sorry for not clearly defining the word "socialism" since I have a right wing view on capitalism. It was supposed to be "wealth redistribution" or any government similar to Norway and Sweden's. However, you can ignore the post and I will…

For

• reiterate
• con argues we are not truly a capitalistic country. we are a lot more than by far most other developed countries, are we not? and con doesn't explain how it would be *better* if we were more capitalistic. ive established that our country's inequality is one of the worst in the…

For

• If I confused individual and corporate tax rates under FDR, then I apologize. However, for purposes of this debate, the difference is quite inconsequential, as the issue at hand is whether, as a moral matter, wealth ought to be redistributed; and whether, furthermore, as a…
• Focusing first on your claim that the redistribution of wealth (or, more generally, resources) would somehow inherently destroy all incentive to work on the part of those from whom resources were taken, this is just patently untrue. It is a well-known historical fact of…

For

• Unsuitable for employable people with Asperger's Syndrome and similar conditions.
• Doesn't always suit the job.

For

• The con side has forfeited the 2nd round so I will keep this short to keep it fair. The point of the minimum wage, as put by FDR, is to make sure someone can have a decent level of living. The current minimum wage is a poverty wage and needs to be raised. I do not want 15…
• I accept the challenge and will debate that we should raise the minimum wage. The resolution or the con speaker did not define or say how far reaching this raise was or how much it will be, so I will debate that this will be a increase on the existing federal minimum wage. I…

For

• Resolved: Raising the federal minimum wage would not be economically beneficial Shared burden of proof.

For

• The oil in the middle east has caused them to be engaged in many wars over the scarce resource e.g Iran and Iraq

For

• Yeah, that"s right you better forfeit, you are yet to provide a real argument, if you are willing to do so make a new debate about this and cite it o your net argument, unless you forfeit again.
• So? Anyone ca use speed, there is no official company named "speed", and speed is not issued by any central authority, anyone can make and sell it! You just ned ingredients

For

• Agreed. Consumers are all hypocrites. We pretend to care about human rights when it's convenient but not when it matters. I suggest you watch Jon Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment (free on youtube). A lot of research goes into each segment along with tongue and cheek comedy,…
• Only 2% of clothes manufactured are made in America because the USA has the most burdensome and expensive labor costs in the world. Several USA brands have their manufacturing hubs in Asia and various other non-regulated regions allowing for 'cheap' labor costs and therefore…

For

• Extending once again. Unfortunately CON failed to provide any arguments and is not permitted to offer any now because I won't be able to respond.
• I am quite disappointed that Con has forfeited. Per the agreed-upon rules, a forfeit merits a loss. However, I will leave that at the discretion of the voters, and would invite my opponent to present his arguments in the next round. At this point, I obviously have nothing to…

For

• "The incredible fact" is calculated by the sources mentioned underneath. Source: U.S. Census Bureau; Minnesota Population Center/IPUMS Explanation and analysis: http://www.nytimes.com... For the sake of fairness (and partly due to my exam tomorrow of which I must bone up), let…
• Thanks for challenging this notion and for participating in this debate, 16kadams. (1) Income inequality may or may not be increasing. As inequality has increased, the wealth of the poor has also increased. Between 2000 - 2010, inequality has actually decreased. Let us be clear…

For

• Currently serious debaters avoid online debating, and for good reason. Plagiarism such as http://www.debate.org... , plagiarized from http://www.fiu.edu... and http://www.debate.org... , plagiarized from http://www.finitesite.com... is not being addressed. Multiple accounts:…
• UAW. http://www.npr.org... Yes that's a pretty good job. Health care for life even after you retire. Here's an even better one. Must be a better union: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com... It's worth a thousand of those UAW jobs. I would much prefer that union where you get your…

For

• It's unfortunate that's he's limited the scope of our discussion by waiting until so late to bring them up, but better late than never. He's also touched on corporate power and monopolies again, but it's merely a rehash of his previous points and my earlier criticisms remain…
• == Analysis == I think it's become clear at this point that my opponent is not interested in rationally discussing ideas; he is a secular evangelist substituting Karl Marx for Jesus and trying to use this debate as a platform for his proselytizing efforts. Although Con spent…

For

• That's a wrap.
• Moving things to their conclusion

For

• So you'really suggesting to raisee taxes on the people and have 0% for corporations? What if companies don't pay people more? What's their incentive to do so? What if they just keep the profits?
• So I took a decent amount of time to try and create a plan to incentivise companies to hire more people. I call it golden key economics. Please tell me if this would work, or if not, how could it be improved? National corporate tax rate: 30% Tax rate decreased by 1% for every…

For

• 1) You're completely nonresponsive to my argument that minimum wage laws to not actually provide a check on discriminatory wages. Just because women must make at least the minimum wage does not guarantee that they will be making the same as men. If you're looking for the…
• 1) I agree with your point that there should be a check on discrimination between the pay of men and women, but minimum wage laws are not the way to go about it. Not only do the harms of economy decline outweigh any possible benefits, but minimum wage laws don't even solve this…

For

• We have the power to help those countries rise up. We don't have to jump to 15.00 an hour warehouse jobs for china and mexico. But we could raise the payment which would make us even more competitive for laborers in other countries. Regardless of if said country excepts it or…
• Of course right now they are allowed to pay anything they'd like but we are significantly more powerful than Mexico and many larger companies could afford to pay more. Yes American wages, as in the range of wages. If they pay more in mex ico, it could prompt mexican companies…

For

• communism:"a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs."Since the economic reform of china in 1978, it has not been even…
• The 2008 study ends up being irrelevant. This is because for businesses to do well, they want to minimize costs and maximize profits. So when businesses themselves do well it doesn't mean it is good for the market or people working there. We don't want the businesses to do too…

For

• It does not disrupt business. Many business's are well-aware ahead of time when their employee is expected to give birth. Many employees request the time off as soon as they have a confirmed due date from their doctors. [1] Also, baby bumps can start to show as soon as 12 weeks…
• I extend, once more, the opportunity for my opponent to present their argument as instigator of this debate. Should my opponent forfeit the last round, I will present my case in order to fulfill my duty of upholding my position with an argument. I now return the floor to my…

For

• I already mentioned how the states would make money. The poor would get richer if they didn't have an income tax on them in the first place. And no, businesses would not have to face financial hardships, if this were the only tax in place. We need to take steps in implementing…
• First of all, if we eliminated every other tax, and implemented this at a rate of 17% TOTAL (Don't worry, the states' cash cow would be toll roads based on converted carpool or left shoulder lanes on highways and interstates), the economy would shoot up LIKE A ROCKET. People…

For

• Okay! the gender pay gap (also known as gender wage gap, male"female income difference, gender gap in earnings, gender earnings gap, gender income difference) is the difference between male and female earnings expressed as a percentage of male earnings, according to the OECD.…
• I do believe gender wage gap is an issue of concern.

For

• I wonder where he's been for so long, by the way. Many of you will remember Badger's early days on this site when his avatar was a charming photo of him on the lash down the pub, grinning menacingly and swinging a pool cue about in an aggressive manner. Oh, yes, the good old…
• You know what it"s like: you are cruising along in your trusty Rolls-Royce when your chauffeur announces that there is a traffic jam ahead and, as a consequence, your arrival at the Cafe de Posh for your luncheon appointment with your tax accountant is likely to be somewhat…

For

• Compromise "The compromise Valladarex calls for is not really a compromise between our two positions…I'd still be holding my nose, because the income tax system is VERY malleable to political pressure" I did not mean to call for a compromise between our positions, but for a…
• Conflict of interest: Government as Charitable Organization "The biggest problem with government doing the job of long-term charity to its citizens, especially in a system with elected officials, is that it becomes a conflict of interest. Our representatives seek to get…

For

• Paying housewives for their work is an important form of economic empowerment.
• Housewives are entitled to pay