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The US government should make long term birth control affordable for low income women

It is not the role of government to coerce it's citizens to fund what boils down to an obstruction of free market exchange between two consenting individuals. You have two major issues with you're position. First, if we Americans are truly free, the person who produced birth control should have the right to sell his or her product at whatever price he wishes. Then, a second party who wishes to purchase the birth control, can make an evaluation on if the utility of the product, in this case, birth control, is greater than the utility that could be otherwise provided by the money. This is part of being a free citizen. Beside the fact that a free person is able to interact with other free individuals without a third party interfering (in this case, the government), there are market issues. The lowering of the price of long term birth control artificially with government enforced price ceilings causes as an effect a mismatch between the utility provided, so consumption of the product (birth control) increases. To make this simple, would you go to the doctor more often if a visit costs you a dollar, as opposed to if it cost you $300 a visit? What if it costs the doctor $150 dollars to take a patient for an appointment? If people are going there because they suspect they have a very minor ailment (they feel tired that day, etc), that creates a problem, where there is a gap in financing that must be paid by a third party. This is what is going on here. Now people are consuming at a great that is artificially increased. Now, if you want the government to enact this by subsidizing with taxpayer money, I don't think I have any right to tell those people how their money should be spent, they earned it. If you expect them to just set a price ceiling, then who would want to produce at a price that would, more than likely, cause them to lose money. Why would I run a business that just loses me money? Then you have a shortage in the supply of long term birth control. Now either very few people will be able to get birth control, or the government has to produce it (either by paying someone or in-sourcing it). Once you enter that arena, where the government (with no efficiency motivation by profit), takes over major industries (pharmaceutical production), you have full blown communism. I could go on and on, but until I get more details, I'm going to think that you didn't fully consider the implications of what you are asking for. Even if it does provide a net positive outcome for society, the United States is a government that was founded on the idea that a government gets it's authority by the consent of a free populace. Once the government starts coercing people with the threat of force (you go to jail if you don't pay taxes), along with a monopoly on force (the military), it's not a free country. I don't think free birth control is worth being subjected to a communist government.
The US government should make long term birth control affordable for low income women

The benefits to having the gov't provide long term birth control to low income women are many fold. First, women who have access to reliable, long-term, affordable birth control earn more and need less gov't assistance then those without access. Second, if the gov't provided long-term birth control the abortion rates would decrease. Finally, When women have access to long-term birth control it increase their quality of life. For the benefits of this debate, long-term affordable birth control is defined as IUD's, implants and the like.
The Sixth Sense is a Superior Film to 12 Angry Men [or other film disagreement]

Please comment before accepting.Today I have reviewed my top 20 in my list of movies: 1. Shawshank Redemption2. Raiders3. Memento4. Toy Story5. Mononoke6. Inside-Out7. Grave of Fireflies8. sixth sense9. 12 Angry men10. Shaolin soccer 11. Fellowship of the rings12. Crouching tiger hidden dragon 13. Nemo14. Aladdin15. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari16. Lion King17. How to Train Dragon18. Kung Fu Hustle19. Holy Grail [Monty Python]20. How to Train Dragon 2 Something looked wrong. Something looked terribly wrong. Was the Sixth Sense really better than 12 Angry Men? Today, fellow debaters, we will discuss which movie is better--the classic courtroom drama that is in only the imdb top 10, located primarily in only one room, yet filled with emotion, development, and tension; versus the incredible horror masterpiece of M. Night, with creepy images that still haunt me after such a long time, along with hints of the two incredible plot twists [although the first, the 6th sense's true nature, is rather expected due to the film title and revealed around the middle].We will debate about what makes a movie superior to another; and what consitutes a film of "good quality". We know it is subjective, but that is exactly what we will debate.First round you will accept the debate.The burden of proof is shared and each of us has to prove our movie better than the other's. I will try to prove 6th sense> 12 angry men; my opponent will try to prove 12 angry men> 6th sense. You may also comment if you disagree with anything else on My top 20 list. Good luck and have fun.
The Sixth Sense is a Superior Film to 12 Angry Men [or other film disagreement]

My opponent's main argument is that on Rotten Tomatoes, because 12 Angry Men has a higher rating and audience score than the Sixth Sense, it is superior. However, movie ratings could be inaccurate representations of the movie. The Tomatometer could be very inaccurate depending on different movies. For example, look at the amount of reviews. 12 Angry Men has merely 46 reviews while the Sixth Sense is forced to suffer through 148 reviews. What if 12 Angry Men had 100 more reviewers? Would there--could there-- be enough rotten reviews to lower it down even lower than The Sixth Sense? Maybe. We never know. On the other hand if only 46 out of those 126 fresh critics ranked the Sixth Sense, its totameter would match its adversary, and its average rating could surpass even 12 Angry Men's. The audience score is even MORE unfair. Sure, most of the 101,108 reviewers liked 12 angry men-- but look at the Sixth Sense. TEN TIMES MORE of audience (about one million people) reviewed it, and the rating was at a not-too-shabby 89%. We don't know if the 12 angry men would be able to stand up to 9 more trials. As we can see the "analysis" of my opponent is quite unfair.Now, as for my opponent's analysis of the thought-provoking, my opponent does point out 12 Angry Men's core message: defending truth and virtue. My opponent does touch on seeing things through different lenses, courage and strength, and resisting peer pressure. However, as I mentioned before, some of these are also touched by the Sixth Sense. My opponent has also failed to argue against my statement that the sixth sense's message is more relevant. Why, it is a different kind of courage and strength that makes it work. It's seeing the world through the eyes of a boy who can see dead people. The courage works even better in the Sixth Sense because it's a horror movie; the effects allow the courage to truly stand out, and have the boy transform from a terrified victim to a heroic (in comparison) helper of the dead. The fact that the physcologist was dead from the very beginning only strengthens the ending of the sixth sense, highlighting the message of courage, of seeing the world through a different person's eye.In conclusion, my opponent has failed to argue why 12 Angry Men is more entertaing. It doesn't have the Sixth Sense's plot twist, and its ending wanders towards nowhere in particular. Its message may be strong, but the Sixth Sense displayed it in a way that let us care more. The ratings are not a valid argument: The Sixth Sense is superior to 12 Angry Men. Thank you for reading and vote me.
The Sixth Sense is a Superior Film to 12 Angry Men [or other film disagreement]

Hey J. Opening case. THE BURDEN OF PROOF Remember, the burden of proof is shared. Firstly. Allow me to present the reviews of film critics, which I would argue in this field must qualify as “experts”. Thus my first contention. TOMATOMETER TWELVE ANGRY MEN 100% Average Rating: 8.9/10 Reviews Counted: 46 Fresh: 46 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: Sidney Lumet's feature debut is a superbly written, dramatically effective courtroom thriller that rightfully stands as a modern classic. TOMATOMETER THE SIXTH SENSE 85% Average Rating: 7.6/10 Reviews Counted: 148 Fresh: 126 Rotten: 22 Critics Consensus: M Night Shayamalan's The Sixth Sense is a twisty ghost story with all the style of a classical Hollywood picture, but all the chills of a modern horror flick. Clearly there is a winner. According to film critics “TWELVE ANGRY MEN” is superior to “The Sixth Sense” With 8.9 for TWELVE ANGRY MEN to 7.6 for The Sixth Sense. Second. Let us review the Audience Score as I’m sure everyone would agree that is of some value aswell. Thus my second contention. AUDIENCE SCORE for TWELVE ANGRY MEN 97% liked it Average Rating: 4.2/5 User Ratings: 101,108 AUDIENCE SCORE for THE SIXTH SENSE 89% liked it Average Rating: 3.8/5 User Ratings: 1,032,862 Yet again we see Twelve Angry Men coming out on top with 97% compared to 89%. Both of these statistics combined are worth taking into consideration. Especially that of the Film Critics as surely they have more experience in judging films than us. Further and perhaps more importantly. Twelve Angry Men is incredibly thought provoking and offers a real life view into psychology, ethics, and philosophy. Within this seemingly simple 60s courtroom drama lies an exploration into deep philosophical and real life issues worthy of contemplation such as. Courage to rise above peer pressure in defense of truth and virtue How everyone sees things through different lenses according to their past experience, personal prejudice, and biases, and we must transcend and rise above such things in perusal of truth and virtue.Demonstrated by Juror #7 who has an ingrained mistrust of foreigners; so, to a lesser extent, does Juror #6 Having the courage and strength to be honest with oneself, and deal with troubling issues head on rather than fabricating false physiological cushions in order to cope. As exemplified by Juror #3 a bullying self-made man, who has estranged himself from his own son. Resisting peer pressure in order to do what is right and noble. As shown by #9 (Joseph Sweeney), who is anxious not to make waves, "go with the flow." This movie clearly, is far more deep and meaningful than the sixth sense which is merely a ghost story with a plot twist.
The wage gap is a myth

The wage gap statistic that a woman earns 77 cents to every dollar a man makes comes from comparing the average earnings of all men and all women working full-time. It does not account for differences in occupation, position, education, job tenure, or hours worked per week when such relevant factors are considered the wage gap narrows to the point of vanishing the average man. Childless women aged 22 to 30 out-earned young childless men by 8% among workers who have never been married and never had children women earned a hundred and seventeen percent of what men do. Your argument is completely illogical. I have provided statistics from government-funded sources.
The wage gap is a myth

Well this will be easy. My friend in Oklahoma is paid the minimum wage, 7.25$ per hour so she makes about 14,000$ a year as a Walmart employee, one of my hockey buddies makes 95,000$ as an engineer a year. So, there is a "wage gap" that is about 81,000$ I am taking advantage of the vague word of "wage gap," by the way. Also, it is not up to the other person to "change" your mind, that is your job to investigate evidence and think critically to push and biases out of the way to find truth. The only job the other person has is to provide you with the deviance.
Should they raise beer prices

Pro gives a very vague answer. Among other things, he fails to support his claim that "it causes more problems than any thing else". Furthermore, he fails to explain how his claim - even if true - supports his resolution (which was rather vague to begin with, as well). He thus fails to support his BOP. Counter arguments (I don't think I really need them, but it can't hurt): Why the prices should not be raised: 1)People will choose slightly more expensive but stronger/worse alternatives: Beer is far less harmful than other similar activities such as hard alcohol & drugs. If the price of beer goes up, people who would otherwise go for beer because it's so cheap, will now spend the smaller difference to "upgrade", to something stronger/worse. People go for beer over other substances, because beer is so cheap, if the prices go up, there will be a shift. 2) Won't decrease consumption, & might actually increase it: a) Companies will counter the increase in price which lowers consumption, with more advertising, to keep consumption levels stable. b) If prices go up, the beer industry will potentially become a more lucrative business, if they can keep consumers. More effort will be made to get people to buy beer, because the profit margin for sales has increased. Basically since profit margin will rise, there will be much more effort to sell beer than there was when the profit margin was less. Thus companies will want to spend more money on getting a person to buy/drink beer. So not only might drinking not go down, but it actually might go up, due to increased efforts to attract consumers. c) Raising profit margin, would actually be encouraging & rewarding the sales of beer.
Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip.

Before I start with my final comments, I am sure you realise that one reason you get great service every Monday is because you tip so well. Waiters like any other employee will work better when treated better, its just a part of our human nature. I do agree with you however, if you are not happy with the amount of money you make then you should get another job. But, realistically the economy is not in a position for everyone getting the money they want from a job. So I think even if tipping is not obligatory then the businesses need to start paying waiters better. Alternatively, lets get rid of tax payments for waiters, as the tip level is based on a magic government number that is not realistic. I also agree with you that servers should be treated in the same way as other employees, but the fact is a lot of people would not work for these businesses at the low wages they are offered. Like I pointed out in my opening statement many other countries have system that work and systems that offer good service like Japan. These waiters are getting paid decent money to do their job well and don't get tips. I think the system is broken and needs to get fixed, but until then I will tip even if the service is bad. The difference is I wont go back to the establishment after a bad experience as they don't deserve my money. Have a great thanksgiving.
Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip.

I disagree that tipping should be obligatory. Rather than pity an employee for not making the same wages as other hourly positions, I would suggest that a person who finds that the amount they are tipped is insufficient per their standards find another job. Don't get me wrong. I'm a wonderful tipper for good service. I frequent a restaurant every Monday evening and I tip well over the 20%. Sometimes I double my bill. It's because I am always greeted with pleasant, happy people who are willing to put effort into ensuring I get what I ordered. A major premise of my argument is that I have observed too many lethargic, lazy, incompetent, slow-moving, and extremely rude servers. I feel that they devalue their jobs, and there are many more personable, pleasant people who could transition in to these jobs- people I'd be glad to tip. Our economy is competitive. Our employees need to be competitive to do well. Thank you for your participation in this debate! Happy Thanksgiving!
Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip.

I understand your points and I can see why you stand by them, as rude service does not deserve to get a tip. This is what happens indirectly in all other industries for example people buy goods from the shops that have the best and friendliest staff. However, I still say that if minimum wage was higher or that servers were on a salary then we would not have to worry about these situation as people would be happier in there jobs. I think you agree with me, that this is essentially the core problem, as often it is that waiters are not earning enough and they rely on tips. So while I sometimes don't want to tip, I still feel compelled as I know my server is getting paid poorly. I am glad you worked in the service industry and accept that waiting times and seating etc. are not something the waiter can effect. However, we should also realize that most people that dine out do not have this background as such they may be tipping based on these unavoidable circumstances. Again all of this could be avoided if waiters were on a salary. Also, if waiters were on a salary. I think employers would be far more concerned with the quality of the service and the problems you talk about would effectively disappear. I am honestly of the opinion that any job that relies on tipping employees is cheap labor for employers and they abuse these systems. So as patrons of these types of services we should tip just out of a moral obligation, or we should visit establishments that do not use these type of employees. Over to my opponent.
Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip.

I have worked as a server for three years at an Olive Garden restaurant. My best friend works as a hairdresser where tips are her primary source of income. And yet I stand by my conviction. You have raised some good points, and I should be more specific: when I refer to good and bad service, I am generally referring to the demeanor of the employee. I feel that there are too many rude servers working at restaurants and bars and other service industries. I am not a finicky person and I do not complain about long waits, seating preferences, or anything else out of the server's control. But when a server mistreats a guest, makes a guest feel rushed or picky or stupid, or otherwise worsens the guest's experience by virtue of his behavior, I feel that a tip should be reduced. In Illinois where I live, non-tipped employees have a minimum wage of 4.95. I neglected to consider that wages are set by states. In the restaurant where I worked, I made $7.15 an hour, and this was last year.
Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip.

Thanks to my opponent for the challenge and I hope I can give my opponent a decent debate.I find the one way to get down to the heart of the issue is to address the following two points when talking about tipping waiters,one of which is a rebuttal to your opening statement about minimum wage.My first point in these debates is usually to ask the person involved if they have ever been a server/waiter before? I find most people that are for tipping when the service is good and not tipping when the service is bad are usually people that have never worked in the industry. This is important to ask, as it begs the question what standards are you basing the service on? If the kitchen is backed up and the food comes out slow, this is not the waiters fault so why should this person get penalised. Also, if you get seated at a table with no view and you wanted a view, again that is not the waiters fault. Or if your wine was not dry enough, again that is not the waiters fault.Secondly, I think it is important to realize how much money waiters actually make. The minimum wage for tipped employees is $ 2.13 per hour,so I am not sure where you get the values between $ 5 and $ 20 per hour.(1) Also do not forget that these waiters are also obliged to pay tax, as the government assumes they are earning tip money, so at the end of the month they more often than not never see that $2.13/hour that they are earning. In contrast in Europe most waiters are on a salary and make thus a base salary much much higher than in the US, and that's before tips.(2) While in many Asian countries tipping is frowned upon, and is actually considered an insult sometimes.(3) However,in these countries again the waiters are getting paid a decent salary.I believe these points show that waiters deserve tips regardless of the service as its a thankless job in some countries. I can't wait to hear my opponents rebuttals.(1) http://www.dol.gov...(2) http://www.ehow.com...(3) http://matadornetwork.com...
Good service, good tip. Bad service, bad tip.

I contend that service-based professions should earn, not expect, gratuity. 1. If a service person is incompetent, inattentive, or rude, he is not entitled to a tip simply by virtue of working in the service industry. 2. Such a person can and ought to be replaced, as there is an abundance of better-qualified individuals seeking such employment. Our economy does not allow for repeat chances. 3. If a service person delivers wonderfully, a patron should recognize and appreciate his efforts in the form of an appropriate tip. Employees of the service industry will draw attention to the low minimum wages; however, their take-home pay fluctuates according to business and quality of service, among other factors. So while he may average $5/hour one night, he may average $20/hour the next, and generally can break even or exceed, relative to standard hourly positions. Tipping is an act of appreciation, and one that should be reserved for stellar service.
Mad Music Skills Video Debate

So I want to try one of those musical debates. Round one Acceptance Round two - four Post a music video, where either the entire band or a single musician/singer show some mad skills. You don't have to like the music or the genre, it just need to show some mad skillz. Type artist name and the song so even if it is removed from youtube others can find it. Talk a bit smack about opponent video and boost your own.
Mad Music Skills Video Debate

Instead of simply posting someone considered great in a conventional performance like my opponent I have presented the Best demonstrating their skills to the limit with the sole intention of demonstrating their skills. Instead of making an obvious choice of a past Great I'm going to pick from an experimental field of today's unknown innovators with mad skills. Instead of the past, lets take a look at the future... Beatbox Battle World Champs 2012 Final http://www.youtube.com...
Mad Music Skills Video Debate

Thank you for sharing with us, Pro. I am enjoying this debate.I present who is often considered the greatest drummer of all time (1), Buddy Rich, in a drum duel with another drumming great, Ed Shaugnessy. Both musicians have been inducted into the Percussive Arts Society's Hall of Fame (2), which is the largest percussion organization in the world (3). For anyone who knows the drums; the technique, speed, and power demonstrated in this epic battle surely embody mad skills to the highest degree. Enjoy the show! (1) http://www.moderndrummer.com... (2) http://www.pas.org... (3) http://en.wikipedia.org... Buddy Rich Vs. Ed Shaughnessy: Amazing Drum Battle!! http://www.youtube.com...
Mad Music Skills Video Debate

My opponent claim thatï¿½Apocalyptica have no more than good skills and they are playing other peoples music, but as we all know this piece is a very hard piece normally played by an entire orchester. Just look at their hands and you will realise how fast they are playing.ï¿½ On the other hand con's musician isn't even playing a specific piece of music. He is only improvising and playing random chores. It is clear that his skills are lacking. My second contender isï¿½Luciano Pavarotti. One of the greatest, if not the greatest opera singer of our age. Here he is with his famousï¿½Nessun dorma. http://www.youtube.com...