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Voting Style:	Open	Point System:	7 Point
Started:	4/4/2014	Category:	Economics
Updated:	6 years ago	Status:	Post Voting Period
Viewed:	688 times	Debate No:	51673

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Pro Here's how this will work. I'm a liberal and therefore I want to balance the budget with revenue increases. Conservatives want spending cuts. Therefore, as the resident liberal, I will be proposing spending cuts each round, while Con -- who should be a conservative -- will be proposing new revenue. The voters, in the end, should choose the person who reduces the deficit by the widest margin. First spending cut: End the war in Afghanistan. Report this Argument Con First revenue increase: Robin Hood Tax Adds sales tax on 0.5 percent on stocks, 0.1 percent on bonds and 0.005 percent on derivatives. Everyone who bought and sold stocks, bonds or derivatives would be taxed Could generate about 350 billion in revenue. Report this Argument
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Posted by erniemccracken 7 years ago

End all refundable tax credits...(credits that can actually MAKE you money from doing taxes).
Nobody should be able to pay a negative amount in taxes.

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Posted by travis18352 7 years ago

end foreign aid, end the fed, repeal the 16th amendment, get our troops out of every other country except for our own, end the afghan war, abolish the irs, cut most of the epa, stop all the useless spending like studying why lesbians are fat, cut congressional pay, end the nsa, end the dept homeland security.

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Posted by BobTurner 7 years ago

Yeah that's the point lol. It's easy for me to recommend tax increases, so instead I'll have to find spending cuts.

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Posted by Hematite12 7 years ago

"I'm a liberal and therefore I want to balance the budget with revenue increases. Conservatives want spending cuts."

"Therefore, as the resident liberal, I will be proposing spending cuts each round, while Con -- who should be a conservative -- will be proposing new revenue."

You just reversed it lol

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