Bombing Other Countries is a Good Way to Solve the US Debt Problem

Here is my fourth round argument. Rebuttal #1: In my opponent’s 3rd round argument, he explains that his lesson does indeed allow him to meet his burden of proof and strengthen his argument. “Haha, yes it does. TheCommonMan has skipped over a large part of my whole argument that attempts to diagnose the problem at hand. “ He then goes on to further explain his viewpoint on how it helps him establish his burden of proof and strengthen his argument. “What if the debt is actually a good thing? What if the debt provides people with the opportunity to own homes and start businesses? I'm in debt, but it doesn't pose a problem to me. In fact it allows me to own a home and a car. Debt can be a good thing.” “I honestly don't see how the US debt poses a problem right now. It will be a problem in the future if we let it get out of hand, and its to this potential crisis which I have always been referring. If wreckless inflation of the money supply continues to increase then we will be seeing huge ups and downs in the markets.” I don’t know quite what to do other than to further reiterate my opponent’s objective here. The resolution of the debate was “Bombing Other Countries is a Good Way to Solve the US Debt Problem”. My opponent accepted as pro. Therefore, he must not only prove how his method will cause a reduction in the US debt, but also, to show how it is a coherent idea. According to the resolution of the debate, that it what he must do. So far, he hasn’t done that. He has simply stated that the debt might not be a bad thing right now. That is not his goal, as I’ve previously stated. Until he does the things that I have listed above, he will not meet his objective. Rebuttal #2: “This is my idea, not TheCommonMan's. My idea is that in the future, robots will continue to take jobs and will eventually take all jobs. It has happened in the past, and even Bill Gates thinks its inevitable.” With that being said, this also doesn’t help him meet his objective here in the debate. I won’t go into a lot of detail, as I’ve already elaborated on this point. However, this idea doesn’t help him at all and is somewhat off topic. Rebuttal #3: In my opponent’s 3rd round argument, he creates a rebuttal to my idea of reduced spending. However, I wasn’t necessarily arguing in favor of reduced spending. From the beginning of this debate, my purpose of providing that idea was to show that there might be better alternatives to this theoretical bombing and establish my opponent’s burden to show that he must show why his idea is better than other ideas. While my opponent has created a sound argument against reduced spending, that’s not necessarily going to lead him to victory. First off, my objective isn’t to argue in favor of reduced spending, it’s to argue against this theoretical bombing (I have done this). Secondly, my opponent must show why his idea is better than all other ideas (including reduced spending). Here are some other ideas for reducing the debt. In order for my opponent to meet his objective in this debate, he must explain why all of these ideas are bad and why his idea is better than these ideas. Eliminate Earmarks Cut Government Contractors Reduce the Size of World-Wide Troop Presence Cap Medicare Growth Reduce Benefits For Those With High Incomes Return Estate and Investment Taxes back to Clinton-Era Levels Payroll Tax: Subject Incomes Over $106,000 to the tax Eliminate Loopholes, Credits, and Lower Rates Rebuttal #4: “My idea was the idea that robots will do all the work. We need scientists from all over the world to do this. Keeping a culture of compassion towards humanity and an inspiration to achieve great things will help us get to this point.” My opponent still doesn’t make the connection as to how this will help reduce our US debt. Here’s what my opponent has so far. A. We show compassion to other countries B. An Engineer or Scientist programs robots which do all the work for us. . . . C. The US Debt will be reduced. In between B and C, there are many steps that my opponent hasn’t given. There’s no connection between these robots and a debt reduction. Until my opponent supplies this explanation, he has not met his objective. In addition, my opponent bashes the idea of these robots by saying that they will take all of our jobs (with is Bill Gates example). He is now praising the idea. This is a huge contradiction. My opponent must explain this contradiction in his next round. Rebuttal #5: My opponent addressed my argument that countries might not want this compassion to be inflicted upon them. “Sure it might anger other countries with laws and cultures that promote hate and violence, but that's exactly what we should want to do!” “…the right thing is to find out why they are angry, and then try to help them” “Also its important to realize that culture 'bombs' are not things that are strapped into planes and cast forcefully onto unsuspecting victims. “You see if a person doesn't like what's on the tv, they can turn the channel” My opponent misses my point here. By using my opponent’s idea, we are imposing ourselves on other countries by forcing our help on them. Some countries might not want this help. Hence, by forcing compassion upon them, we are doing something to them that they don’t want us to do. This will provoke some countries. Also, by using this idea, other countries can’t just “turn the channel” as my opponent metaphorically states. If we’re forcing ourselves on them, they can’t just ignore it. For the above reasons, this idea that my opponent provides isn’t a good one. Conclusion: I have provided sound rebuttals to all of my opponent’s claims. I have shown that he has not met his burden of proof, nor has he made his argument strong as it pertains to showing how his idea is a good one. I have done all I need to in order to uphold my side of the argument, which is shoot down all of my opponent’s arguments and show that my opponent’s idea is not a wise one. My opponent must respond to all of my claims in his next round. Resources: http://www.policymic.com...