The US Minimum wage ought to be raised substantially.
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Minimum wage
Rules 1. No plagiarism. In other words, don't copy someone else's work and claim it as your own.2. You may only troll when things get completely out of hand.Failure to follow these rules will result in a 7-point forfeiture.Presentations 1. There is an owner of a company, where people can emp...
Instituting A Flat Income Tax In America
Hi i would like to have a interesting debate about this topic!I would like to debate that we should have A Flat Income Tax In America.1.Use logic2.First round acceptance.3.Second round opening.4.Third rebuttals.5.Closeing statements.Thanks,:)...
Are taxes fair?
I think taxes are fair, because the amount you pay is determined by the amount your income is. Although nobody likes paying taxes, taxes is what helps build our roads, schools, and everything else we need....
My Proposal for the Eradication of Extreme Poverty
The United States turns its attention to a poor nation like Haiti. Then.. The United States spends billions of dollars repairing their infrastructure and setting up useful farms. Here's the catch: they hire the locals to do all this work, on the payroll of the US Government. The workers would be paid in either food, money, or both. Farms will provide food for the nation, and the people will learn to support themselves without foreign aid. The people will believe in their own ability for the fi...
An open border policy would negatively affect the economy
Debate rules: 1. No semantics. 2. First Round for acceptance, and rule and definition clearification only. 3. No new arguments in the last round. 4. Text and graph/chart-only debate. Only three graphs/charts allowed per round. 5. All source material must be easily accessible Any source of disagreement on the resolution, rules and definitions can be clarified in the comment sections or elsewhere before my opponent accepts this debate. The burden of proof is equal. Con must show that...
There Should Be an Estate Tax
For topic background:http://www.debate.org/estate-tax/The estate tax is needed to increase government revenue and be sure that money is not inherited by children so that millions upon millions will only go from the wealthy to the wealthy.We need an estate tax, ideally all tax revenue would go to education, so that money will not consolidate with wealthy families. Therefore, we should institute an estate tax of 45% on tho...
The US Federal Minimum Wage Should Be Raised to $11/hr
With the worst recession in a generation still being felt across the nation, state and federal leaders are focused on getting their economies moving again while helping working families make ends meet. Raising the minimum wage is a key strategy for doing both and should be part of an economic recovery agenda. By boosting pay in the low-wage jobs on which more families are relying than ever, a stronger minimum wage will help restore the consumer spendin...
The U.S. senate should abolish the filibuster
The U.S. senate should abolish the filibuster PROP DEfinitions: filibuster-the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored skepticism or to force a decision against the will of the majority U.S. senate-the upper house of the United States Congress PROP POINTS It won"t do harm to the government The power can be abused PROP SOURCES http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/02/do-filibus...
Market Socialism
This is my first debate.org round! I will do my best to make this work, based on reading previous debates. RESOLUTION Market socialism should replace capitalism in countries with a free market economy. Capitalism: "an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market" (Merriam-Webster)...