General+OPP+Disads

General Opp Disads DA: Hurts America’s Poor a. US $9 trillion in debt, federal deficit = $400 billion per year b. Plan will make US even less able to pay for SS, Medicare, Veterans Benefits, Unemployment + Welfare c. Plan will make Fed Gov unable to pay welfare, brave veterans won’t get the benefits they deserve, retirement will be an extinct dinosaur and we will have to work until we collapse from old age. Nations poor starving in the street, increase prostitution, increase drug use, increase violence, our arthritis plagued fingers crumble to dust. Sales taxes (gasoline, food, cigarettes, etc) DA: Hurts America’s Poor directly a. Average American working longer hours for lower pay than ever before in recent history b. Plan places unbearable tax burden on shoulders of hardworking Americans c. Plan will make people go bankrupt, unable to feed, clothe, and educate their children, More people will be on welfare which would be a greater strain on the Federal Budget, already spend $367 billion per year on Unemployment + Welfare. Increase starvation, decrease health care affordability, increase disease, decrease quality of life. Taxing corporations, businesses DA: Inflation a. Increasing taxes increases burden on businesses b. Businesses forced to increase price of goods to stay in business c. Increased price of goods makes Americans less able to pay for food, clothing, transportation to/from work, poor people will have to choose between food and medicine for their children DA: Unemployment a. Increasing taxes increases burden on businesses b. Businesses have less money to pay workers c. American businesses outsource jobs overseas to save money so less jobs are available for hardworking Americans, American workers get laid off and can’t afford to feed their children, or go to doctor when sick. Lumber, oil, coal, metals, etc DA: Inflation a. Lots of goods are produced using. EX: homes, food, cars, clothing b. Conserving Restricts the supply of which increases the price of goods made using c. Increasing price of goods makes people less able to afford to have a roof over their head, or a car to drive to work, or clothes to keep their children warm, or food to put on the table. DA: Does more damage to environment a. Conservation doesn’t demand, people need b. If isn’t available domestically, will be imported from other countries. c. Environment will still be damaged somewhere else, and will have to be shipped longer distances, which burns more fossil fuels contributing to Global Warming. So Plan will do even more harm to the environment than XQ. Less regulation in other countries, out of sight, out of mind DA: Unemployment a. More workers are employed in extracting/using than would be employed to conserve it. Telling workers that they can’t use is like telling them that they can’t walk. b. Fewer jobs means decrease employment, a decrease in employment in the natural resources sector means increase competition in the services sector, decrease wages in services. c. Increase unemployed, decrease access to food, medical care, quality education of primary workers. Decrease wages among service workers means decrease access to food, medical care, education, decrease quality of life for vast majority of Americans, increase domestic violence.
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