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Raising the Minimum Wage

Arguments on culture aside, how much would we raise the minimum wage.10, 20, 30, 100 dollars. If we raise the minimum wage now, it is a slippery slope down because we will continue to see people in poverty and want to help. But the economic repercussions of continuing to pay workers more and more for the sole reason that we think they need it and are entitled to it sounds like a form of welfare to me. Certain jobs equal a certain amount of pay and if you pay workers who are working jobs that require little background education lots of money, it will also serve as an incentive for people on the edge between minimum wage and the possibility of earning higher wages, to choose to not go to school and just earn the new higher minimum wage. Our society should not be encouraging people to work at the bottom, but hustle from cradle to grave in school and in the workplace to make the best of themselves and the opportunities that are in our country. The best thing that parents struggling with children now, is to teach them and encourage them to do their best at everything that they do, because life may not be that much better for them, but they can make a huge difference in their children's future lives.
Raising the Minimum Wage

Understand that culture play an enormous role in the life of the many families working minimum wage jobs and has trapped them in poverty. From generations to generations they have valued work more than education. I ask my opponent to consider this argument before expressing what he thinks about what people should and should not do. You are right on how education is at everyone's fingertips with the internet. However, I must go back to my point about culture trapping these people in poverty. They are uneducated on sex and have children not because they plan them, but, most of the times, because of an accident. The argument that you brought up about work places introducing more and more technology to help with productivity is accurate but scary. You emphazised how important it is for people to get an education as if it was easy to do so. What wouldn't people do to sit in an office, be a leader, create change, and get paid well. Unfortunately, people working minimun wage jobs do not see this because they were not raised to see this. I cannot emphasize this point anymore than I have. These hard working people did not have an educated parent to teach them the importance of education. On the contrary, they had parents that tought them the importance of working, not education. I say this again: This is all about culture and it will remain a problem for a long time. Now, I'm not saying that not having educated parents automatically means that a person will work a minimum wage job for life-- My parents are uneducated and I managed to enroll in college and fight. Going back to your point about work places introducing machines to replace workers is scary because these people without skills ,and psychologically captured in a cultural trap, will have a harder time than they have now. For now, this cultural problem cannot be fix and I ask my opponent to consider how families will continue to suffer is minimum wage is not increase.
Raising the Minimum Wage

Interesting points that you make concerning families. I don't think that the minimum wage is a stable income for a family. That being said, people who are able to only get minimum wage jobs, should not be thinking about giving birth to children. There are great resources for education at everyone's fingertips with the Internet, and I think that it lies within personal responsibility for people to better themselves and learn the skills necessary to support a family, before having a family. A new idea that I would like to bring up is that work places are introducing more and more technology to help with productivity. A lot of businesses, like restaurants with minimum wage workers have monotonous jobs which can be replaced by a machine. In some cases, minimum wage labor can simply be replaced by machines. With than future looming over our heads, I cannot stress enough how important it is for people to go out and get an education for themselves. This will not be easy for many people, but education is more convenient than ever and though it may be hard, working and learning at the same time, the benefits that come later will be well worth it.
Raising the Minimum Wage

You brought many valid points, but lacked a clear understanding behind the need for a minimum wage, and the true impact it will have on Americans. You asked me to think about small businesses and the impact they will have with a minimum wage, and you are right, they will pay more. However, you must also understand how important this issue is for many families who are living in poverty and cannot afford to live decently. Now, understand that growing up in poverty creates strong challenges for people to get a proper education. That being said, I find it offensive how you suggest that having minimum skills should automatically doom you into poverty. People fighting for a minimum wage are hard working and many of them hurt themselves everyday to make decent money-- Take farm workers for example. Going back to the economy, just think about this: Small businesses depend, ironically, on those asking for a minimum wage. In other words, customers will have more money to spend. There will be no lost of sales as these businesses will have more customers. Firing employees is also not an option because, as you said, it will lose productivity. In conclusion, raising the minimum wage is essential to provide a better life to many families living and poverty.
Raising the Minimum Wage

Though at face value the raising of the minimum wage may seem like it is a good idea, the future economic repercussions are vastly more costly. Think of the people that the raise of the minimum wage will hurt. The small business employer has to pay more in an already tough market with lots of expenses. He or she now has some options on how he wants to deal with workers needing to be payed more. He could either pay them and cut other costs like product value, resulting in loss of sales, which then would result in loss of the entire business and than the worker has no job. The other option would just for the employer to fire workers so that their doors can stay open. Will the high unemployment rate in the nation, there are people desperate for work and every dollar counts, you get payed for your skills and as the kind of pay you are in suggests, your skills are minimum.
Drug Legalization

Drug legalization is about one thing: making a small number of business people rich. Experience tells us that we should not welcome a bunch of new monopolies - like Big Tobacco - that will focus on commercializing and increasing the use of drugs beyond anything we have ever seen. Yet that is precisely what Pro wants to do. No doubt our current drug policy is broken. But that does not mean we need complete legalization. What we need are incremental reforms like decriminalizing marijuana. One can have reasonable confidence about the costs and benefits associated with such a change. But outright legalization of drugs like crack or heroin is fraught with too much uncertainty. These drugs are incredibly destructive, and legalizing them will open a floodgate to massively increased use and the harms that attend it. Since this is an introductory round, a few notes. First, burdens. Although the phrases "burden of proof" and "burden of persuasion" are often used interchangeably on DDO, "burden of proof" refers to an obligation to present evidence or facts to support a specific position, while "burden of persuasion" refers to which side bears the risk of losing if the arguments are evenly balanced. The burdens of proof shift based on the issues that are at stake. The burden of persuasion remains squarely on one side. In this debate, the burden of persuasion should be placed on Pro, as Pro is advocating for a massive shift in policy with a massive degree of uncertainty. Both of us will have burdens of proof in making our cases. Second, the resolution only requires that I argue against the legalization of one recreational drug. If I convince you that even one recreational drug should not be legalized, I win the debate. In other words, I don't have to support the status quo or the "War on Drugs." And indeed, I don't support either of those things. We obviously need reforms. In some cases, for some drugs, decriminalization is preferable. We need to cut down on incarcerating low-level offenders. Put greater emphasis on drug courts and treatment rather than incarceration. Point is, we need a more nuanced approach to drug policy than outright legalization of all recreational drugs. Each drug needs to be evaluated on its own merits.
Kids should wear uniforms in elementary schools.

Sorry this took me such a long time. "Cost" My opponent states that uniforms cost a lot, but take into account this: The term "Uniforms" does not necessarily mean that the clothing has to be fancy or expensive. In fact, uniforms can be identical jeans and a T-shirt, yet still be a "uniform" and be cheap. Also, most schools would provide funding if the kid/parent explains to them that they can not afford a uniform. "Creative Freedom" My opponent states that: "Imagine the conversations, like "Who is that on your shirt?" And what if another kid also likes the the character on another kid's shirt? Lost friends and conversations just because of clothing restrictions." Hold on a sec. Since when where all conversations all good? Preventing conversations might be good thing, if some kids get verbally bullied because of that "character on another kids shirt." "Concentration" My opponent states that you might not remember to put on your uniform in your daily routine. Uniform putting-on comes naturally to kids. Also, a point about "concentration.": Uniforms HELPS concentration for kids because kids won't get distracted from work by looking at someone with something distinct on a shirt. "The Punishments" My opponent gives an example on how Jim Thorpe Elementary School has harsh punishments for not wearing uniforms to school. Who says that all (uniform) schools are like that? And that is just a harsh punishment-making school! That has not much to do with not wearing a uniform but more the toughness of the school. I went to a elementary school in NYC and when kid did not wear a uniform, it was okay. They just got a warning! "Schools don't need uniforms!" My opponent states that: "Again, what is the purpose of schools? To educate!" EXACTLY! So why focus on what you are going to wear, what the other kids are going to wear, the new fashion trends and such, when the "purpose of school is to educate"! If you have uniforms, then these distractions will have a much greater chance of going away! Sorry for the short rebuttal, Jacobie1121 Please vote, and if you do, VOTE PRO!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE PRO!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE PRO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kids should wear uniforms in elementary schools.

The topic we are debating today is "Kids should wear uniforms in elementary schools." I, Jacobie1121, will be taking the pro side of the debate. Definition: Uniforms are clothes that every student should be wearing when at school. Elementary school includes grades 1-6. ROUND ONE: Acceptance. ROUND TWO: Each debater will bring up a max of FIVE points. ROUND THREE: Only rebuttals and summaries, no added points. YOU MAY NOT STATE A REBUTTAL IN ANY OTHER ROUND BESIDES THE THIRD ONE! Thank you, Jacobie1121
Nonsense

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Nonsense

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Nonsense

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Nonsense

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Abortion is Good

"Abortion is not infanticide, though. Infanticide is defined as the killing of a child within a year of birth. I agree that destroying a humans right to live is wrong and should not be done - but when said human hasn't actually been born yet; and therefore isn't legally considered alive, then what right do they have to start living? How can a legally lifeless group of cells have the right to live!?" Well first of all, the government saying that a human being doesn't have the right to live doesn't make it so, the government also says that or paper money is wort something, while it is obviously just some worthless pieces of paper. Also, this is the first definition of infanticide, there is another which abortion counts as, the secondary definition is "the act of killing an infact (fetus). "And in that reply you answered literally none of my questions - would you mind doing so? I do not believe that because a woman has a right to her own body means that killing babies is okay - in fact I don't believe killing babies after the first 3 weeks of pregnancy is okay. A woman's concerns about her body have nothing to do with whether or not she will be able to handle caring for a child. Like I said, if a girl gets pregnant, chances are that means she's going to have to drop school as well as rely on her parents to help her support the child. Wouldn't it just be easier and better for all parties if she didn't have the baby?" Then- we are on the same boat, I know better than to think a microorganism is a human, i.e. a embryo after 1-10 days of conception. I think that a fetus becomes a human after 40 days of conception, thus we have no further dispute. "I also never said if someone gets raped they shouldn't have an abortion. But also a lot of contradictory things have been pulled from the Bible. Remember it was a number of different people from different time periods with different views that wrote those books, so Ezekiel might say something but any of the other 45 people might disagree. I wouldn't try to take anything from the Bible to make arguments on the rights of bodies with no life. I can completely agree that no life should be taken in any circumstance. That's why abortion should take place well before the child becomes a legal human being." Actually I only said that this was an argument, I don't know if I believe it, because first of all- obviously you would not like to receive the death penalty because your dad was n death row but died of old age before execution- this would be unjust. On the other hand if someone gets raped it would seem common sense to get an abortion. Also, Ezekiel was a prophet of G-d, since these are all prophets of the same G-d, their judgements, the ones inspired by G-d, are exactly the same. On the other hand, G-d allowed the child made between David and the other guy who he killed's wife to be miscarried- so, it's negatable.
Abortion is Good

Abortion is not infanticide, though. Infanticide is defined as the killing of a child within a year of birth. I agree that destroying a humans right to live is wrong and should not be done - but when said human hasn't actually been born yet; and therefore isn't legally considered alive, then what right do they have to start living? How can a legally lifeless group of cells have the right to live!? And in that reply you answered literally none of my questions - would you mind doing so? I do not believe that because a woman has a right to her own body means that killing babies is okay - in fact I don't believe killing babies after the first 3 weeks of pregnancy is okay. A woman's concerns about her body have nothing to do with whether or not she will be able to handle caring for a child. Like I said, if a girl gets pregnant, chances are that means she's going to have to drop school as well as rely on her parents to help her support the child. Wouldn't it just be easier and better for all parties if she didn't have the baby? I also never said if someone gets raped they shouldn't have an abortion. But also a lot of contradictory things have been pulled from the Bible. Remember it was a number of different people from different time periods with different views that wrote those books, so Ezekiel might say something but any of the other 45 people might disagree. I wouldn't try to take anything from the Bible to make arguments on the rights of bodies with no life. I can completely agree that no life should be taken in any circumstance. That's why abortion should take place well before the child becomes a legal human being.
Abortion is Good

First of all I don't know what comments you are referring to. And I don't see why you would be enraged since my arguments are generally limited to common sense that liberals don't like to think about very much- such as why a woman having the rights over her own body somehow translates into "infanticide is OK somehow," truthfully it is ME who should be enraged at YOUR beliefs, since you think that murdering babies as if you were given some kind of "right" to do so is OK. And these are the same liberals who give large speeches abut the confederate flag being racist because it is associated with sickening individuals claiming they have the right to infringe others unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property, while they do the same things. They believe that infringing a fetus, a HUMAN BEINGS, UNALIENABLE right to LIVE is a right, while anyone with half a brain knows that thee is no such thing as the right to infringe others rights Either way, I want to tell you first of all that I never said if someone gets raped they shouldn't have an abortion, though someone else could argue that, since Ezekiel 18 says a child should not be punished for their fathers sins abortion should not be allowed even in the case of rape.
Abortion is Good

I saw your comment on the page for abortion and was enraged. Have you ever thought about being a 15 year old girl that's been incidentally impregnated. Imagine what would happen to the child and the girl and the father after it's born. The girl is going to lose education to look after the child and is going to be financially stuck, and it puts a ton of pressure on her parents as well to try to support her. The father is put under pressure to try to support the mother and may be forced to leave school as well; that's supposing he stays with her. What is your earliest memory? Do you remember your own birth? Do you remember before that? Tell me - would you be able to argue against being killed when you're not even born, let alone conscious and possessing opinions. Any one man produces roughly 525 billion sperm cells in his life time. In addition to this, any one woman possesses around 300,000 ova at puberty. That's 157,500,000,000,000,000,000 potential children from any two people. Actively stopping one from being born is no worse than not letting any of the other 158 quintillion be born. I would really like to hear your opinion on this.
minecraft is a giood game

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minecraft is a giood game

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The Kalam Cosmological Argument Is Logically Sound

The Kalam Cosmological Argument [1]P1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause for its existence. P2. The universe began to exist. C: Therefore the universe has a cause for its existence. [1] (a) . http://www.leaderu.com...(b) . http://en.wikipedia.org...By accepting this debate Con accepts this version of KCA. Rules: Both debators must hold their breath for 10 seconds before each round or that debator will automatically forfeit.