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Should the wealthiest Americans be taxed?

Conscience
LatentDebater

For starters, I'm a bit stunned. I cannot believe that Obama wishes to tax the wealthy Americans more heavily than they are already being taxed. Why does he want to do this? Well, the president doesn"t believe in asking "students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire deficit" while people like him"who are "making over two hundred fifty thousand dollars""aren"t expected to pay "a dime more in taxes." Hahaha. Frankly, it has become my personal belief that Obama"s...

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The law Intellectual Property is the mean of monopoly for big companies

despaerate.pete
LatentDebater

It's sounds good and fair competition in market for smart people to be protected with the law of Intellectual property(IP). However, many spheres in markets it is getting revealed as a monopoly....

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Corporate CEOs in America Should Be Paid Less

wrichcirw
Raisor

I originally issued this challenge to Danielle, until I found out we were advocating the same side. I've since made this debate impossible to accept. If you are interested in debating CON for the resolution, please let me know in the comments section, thank you.

The subject matter deals with this forum topic:

$8.25 per hour vs. $8.75 million per year

http://debate.org/forums/economics/topic/2...

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Should the U.S prioritize tax increase over spendings cuts?

richarddong
Stupidwalrus

Contention 1: Improves Social Needs and Public Welfare Tax increases will enable the government to ensure that services to citizens are available, and necessary expenditures on infrastructure are met without the need for excessive bond issuances. According to the New York Times, there is a direct correlation between the amount of money provided to Congress for the national budget and the quality of living in the US. In a study conducted by the Bureau of Economic Statistics, in the past 7 yea...

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New Federal and State employees should not receive a pension.

LosLambda
bladerunner060

First round is Acceptance and for an agreement on a clean debate....

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Should the U.S prioritize tax increase over spendings cuts?

richarddong
shubhamc18

Contention 1: Improves Social Needs and Public Welfare Tax increases will enable the government to ensure that services to citizens are available, and necessary expenditures on infrastructure are met without the need for excessive bond issuances. According to the New York Times, there is a direct correlation between the amount of money provided to Congress for the national budget and the quality of living in the US. In a study conducted by the Bureau of Economic Statistics, in the past 7 ye...

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If insurance is legally mandatory, then it should be covered by taxes.

threenorns
Pheidippies

in canada, as in many industrialized countries, it is illegal to drive an uninsured vehicle. the problem is that insurance companies have taken this as a license to print money. they base how much you'll pay on various criteria - your age, your gender, your marital status, whether or not you have children, your employment status, where you live, what kind of residence you have, history of mental illness or addiction, criminal record, and your credit report are just some of the factors that c...

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It would be mutually beneficial for farmers in the West to recruit agricultural interns from Africa

brian_eggleston
Canadian-In-Florida

Farmers in Europe and America are always complaining that they are not rich enough: they say this is partly because the relatively high cost of farm labour in the West makes their produce uncompetitive in the global marketplace. Meanwhile in Africa farmers struggle to produce enough food even to meet local demand, mainly because the natives are not familiar with the modern farming techniques that are employed in the West to increase productivity and improve yields. With this being the ca...

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Should jacking off be legal in public parks?

JOHNMCDONALD
Niwsa

This will make America a better place!!...

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My opponent will lose this debate

ark428
Arch

Just watch....

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