BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
Does the federal reserve help Americans

Like I said, the Congress alone has the power to coin money.The federal reserve bank of Boston is a completely different bank than The Fed we know and love today.-The federal reserve bank creates money out of nothing, in fact chairman Bernanke was questioned about this by Ron Paul, on the subject of a certain 1.3 trillion dollars, Ben did nothing but nod.-Mega banks such as Goldman Sachs, Chase, J.P. Morgan ectra have been taking advantage of the Fed to make massive amounts of money this is done using the U.S. Treasury carry trade. What happens is that the Federal Reserve lends huge amounts of money to the mega banks for next to nothing, and then these mega banks use all that cash to buy U.S. government debt. -The FED devalues our Money, if you look, our dollar has lost 96% of it's purchasing power since the federal reserve was created in 1913.In fact, the value of the dollar had only lessened during major wars.-The Fed is not really controlled by the government.“Well first of all the Federal Reserve is an independent agency, and that means basically that a there is no other agency of Government that can overrule actions that we take."-Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the fed. -The fed is partially responsible for the great depression, as it continued to contract the supply of money after the stock market crash of 1929-According to the Federal Reserve website"The twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks, which were established by Congress as the operating arms of the nation's central banking system, are organized much like private corporations--possibly leading to some confusion about "ownership." For example, the Reserve Banks issue shares of stock to member banks." This proves that member banks, not the government owns the Fed. These member banks think of themselves as private corporations. "The Federal Reserve Banks, however, consider themselves private corporations with private funding. They possess some powers distinct from those of the Board, and they do not publish any FOIA regulations. But the Federal Reserve Bank’s “discount window lending program,” which is the subject of Bloomberg’s FOIA request, is regulated by the Board."http://www.wlf.org... -In fact, the federal reserve argued that it was not a government agency when fighting a FOIA request by Bloomberg.
Does the federal reserve help Americans

I wold like to respond to my opponent's argument Even on debate.org it says there were over 30,000 currencies http://www.debate.org... and the Federal Reserve did fix the Panic of 1907 http://www.bostonfed.org... (The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) The federal Reserve isn't a business it's a government bank designed for the common good of the people. Remember the government is only people and we have a good one that protects the people outside of government. Every government in the world is Slightly to Heavily corrupt, let me remind you America's government less corrupt then most, if not all. http://www.federalreserve.gov...
Does the federal reserve help Americans

First I will respond to my opponent's arguments. "-The Federal Reserve created the national currency. Before to the Fed, there were over 30,000 different currencies in the USA." This is not true, as the creation of currency a right given only to the Federal Government in the Constitution. Article 1, section 8 To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures; [1] This being said, the federal government alone has the power to coin money, and regulate it's value as is done by the Fed's control of interest rates. "-The Federal Reserve solved the Panic of 1907 http://en.wikipedia.org...... (the panic was caused in part because of the San Francisco earthquake that destroyed 80% of buildings in San Francisco about 3,000 people died. http://en.wikipedia.org......)" This cannot be true because the federal reserve act was not signed into law until 1913, after the crisis had ended. "-The Federal Reserve represents America and its financial interests. Without the Federal Reserve, the interests are represented by banks, which is a terrible financial option as banks are concerned about private rather than public interests." The federal reserve is a business at it's core. It is run by private individuals and concerns itself more with private interests and the interests of lobbying groups than the public.
Does the federal reserve help Americans

I believe the Federal Reserve has saved America from a currency disaster http://en.wikipedia.org... -The Federal Reserve created the national currency. Before to the Fed, there were over 30,000 different currencies in the USA. -The Federal Reserve protects small banks. Without the Federal Reserve, larger banks would have a great deal of power over small banks. The Federal Reserve controls inflation and deflation, keeping the country running smoothly in terms of finances. -The Federal Reserve solved the Panic of 1907 http://en.wikipedia.org... (the panic was caused in part because of the San Francisco earthquake that destroyed 80% of buildings in San Francisco about 3,000 people died. http://en.wikipedia.org...) -The Federal Reserve represents America and its financial interests. Without the Federal Reserve, the interests are represented by banks, which is a terrible financial option as banks are concerned about private rather than public interests. -Banks are required to undergo an impartial, outside audit done by the Federal Reserve. If the Federal Reserve did not exist all audits take place internally, causing corruption among the banks.
This Debate is Stupid

[insert a beautiful argument about neurophysiology and win over the voters with his wit and intellect.] (reference to http://www.debate.org...) Couldn't resist the temptation. :P Nevertheless I will still not make an argument. Thus con wins just by posting lame "vote for me" images (one of is too big), a single definition, and one point. In conclusion this debate truly is stupid. (seriously, I made 3 debates based on this single topic. How dumb is that?
This Debate is Stupid

You forfeiting the rounds does not prove the stupidity of this debate. If it does, then you have not met this BOP and I still have the upper edge. I am not talking to myself, but still addressing you so you were incorrect, and this is enough time for me to make all the points I need clear, and it is giving me experience as five minutes is the length of a BP style debate speech, so this is actually very useful. And as for he 3 days voting time, we only need to wait and see.
This Debate is Stupid

April Fools! I'm not creative so. .. this again. This debate is stupid. It is so stupid that I will forfeit the rounds, leaving the other debater talking to himself for the next 4 rounds. Also, he only has 5 minutes (and a 500 character limit) to prepare (and type up) for each round, not giving him enough time (and words to use) and giving him not a lot of experience. Finally, the voting period is only 3 days, giving everybody not enough time, and the consensus is not accurately reached.
Does expired milk come from expired cows???????????....?.?....?.?.ricjedimdcijdciejf

http://www.scientificamerican.com... Why does organic milk last so much longer than regular milk? Craig Baumrucker, professor of animal nutrition and physiology at Pennsylvania State University, pours out an answer: Jun 6, 2008 NIKHIL SWAMINATHAN If you"ve ever shopped for milk, you"ve no doubt noticed what our questioner has: While regular milk expires within about a week or sooner, organic milk lasts much longer"as long as a month. So what is it about organic milk that makes it stay fresh so long? Actually, it turns out that it has nothing to do with the milk being organic. All "organic" means is that the farm the milk comes from does not use antibiotics to fight infections in cows or hormones to stimulate more milk production. Organic milk lasts longer because producers use a different process to preserve it. According to the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance, the milk needs to stay fresh longer because organic products often have to travel farther to reach store shelves since it is not produced throughout the country. The process that gives the milk a longer shelf life is called ultrahigh temperature (UHT) processing or treatment, in which milk is heated to 280 degrees Fahrenheit (138 degrees Celsius) for two to four seconds, killing any bacteria in it. Compare that to pasteurization, the standard preservation process. There are two types of pasteurization: "low temperature, long time," in which milk is heated to 145 degrees F (63 degrees C) for at least 30 minutes*, or the more common "high temperature, short time," in which milk is heated to roughly 160 degrees F (71 degrees C) for at least 15 seconds. The different temperatures hint at why UHT-treated milk lasts longer: Pasteurization doesn"t kill all bacteria in the milk, just enough so that you don't get a disease with your milk mustache. UHT, on the other hand, kills everything. Retailers typically give pasteurized milk an expiration date of four to six days. Ahead of that, however, was up to six days of processing and shipping, so total shelf life after pasteurization is probably up to two weeks. Milk that undergoes UHT doesn"t need to be refrigerated and can sit on the shelf for up to six months. Regular milk can undergo UHT, too. The process is used for the room-temperature Parmalat milk found outside the refrigerator case and for most milk sold in Europe. So why isn"t all milk produced using UHT? One reason is that UHT-treated milk tastes different. UHT sweetens the flavor of milk by burning some of its sugars (caramelization). A lot of Americans find this offensive"just as they are leery of buying nonrefrigerated milk. Europeans, however, don"t seem to mind. UHT also destroys some of the milk"s vitamin content"not a significant amount"and affects some proteins, making it unusable for cheese. There are, of course, lots of reasons people buy organic milk. But if it's the long shelf life you're after, I would recommend you buy nonorganic UHT milk and avoid being charged double.
Tarrif penalty on imports not manufactured to U.S regulations for polution, safety, child labor, etc

Here are two things that hinder the competitiveness of U.S. labor, and what the U.S. can do about it. First, we regulate the environmental impact, safety, and employment practices of our own manufacturing, but put no restrictions on imports from manufacturers outside the U.S. Regulating one business when its competition is unregulated regulates that business out of business. Second, we tax the income of U.S workers, making U.S. labor more expensive. The U.S. could put a tariff as a penalty on imported products which cannot verify that the manufacturing meets or exceeds U.S. regulations. The easiest verification is for the importing country"s regulations to meet or exceed U.S. regulations, giving manufacturers in that country a tariff free reward. This is unpopular because many large businesses and the wealth of many rich in the U.S. now depend on foreign manufacturing. They don"t want to be penalized. However, this practice would tend to raise the standards of third world countries rather than lowering the standards of U.S. workers as has happened today. Second, the U.S. could switch to a federal sales tax, which would tax all products, foreign and domestic, equally. Exempting basic food and clothing items could do the same thing as tax exemptions. This is unpopular because it threatens many income tax related jobs.
Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.

I don't think that religion has anything to do with it. Are you saying that it is unnatural for two human beings to be with each other? How does it hurt churches. It doesn't affect them. The only people that it is going to affect are the two individuals. Is is strange that a man and women are married in a church? No. Why should it be strange for a woman and woman/ man or a man to be married?
Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.

Lets go into the religion side off this. Personally I am Catholic, and you know that Catholics don't support this stuff. Plus pretty much every religion that I can think of does not support gay marriage. In my opinion it's just Unnatural.It hurts churches everywhere. Though there are gays who still believe in god not a lot of churches will totally accept them.
Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.

That is a good point but many people aren't that cruel. These specific people you talked about - these might have been raised in an environment where gays weren't accepted into the family. They could have been influenced that gays are bad etc. Two of my friends, my aunt and my sisters friend are homosexual, they turned out fine and they didn't get bullied or anything. Now all of them are happy and two of them are living with their partner.
Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.Homosexuals should be allowed to marry eachother.

Lemme say this first. There are many people who don't support gay marriage. Especially the celebrities. They just say they do so that people won't hate them.Back to the point.If a woman and woman or man and man marry in a church,it ruins the tradition.People used to kill or put gays in jail. (I'm not saying they should kill them though i'm just stating a point).It ruins a long line of tradition in the church,and i'm not just talking about Christian churches it goes for all other churches,Muslim,Jewish,Islam,etc...
The world is over populated

There are over 7 billion people on the earth. This currently large population is due to proper nutrition and modern medicine. Such a large population requires a large amount of resource that are often limited like coal, oil, land, and sometime food. Humans are also very destructive to the environment by using resources fast than the earth can replenish them. Human presence in an area can also mean the extinction of animals and plant species that can be vital to a balanced and health ecosystem. Developed countries produce so much waste that the environment will be inhabitable to animals or humans. Humans may even be responsible for a climate change. Encourage an intentional population decrease would tramendously help relieve the strain and damage that over population can cause. It can also help economical situations by having more need for workers and consumers. The way we would decrease the population would be to encourage people to have only one kid or no children. Allow the elderly to pass on when they have reached there time. Make suicide legal and to allow those unable to survive with out machines to pass on. These decision would be voluntary and would be a collected effort to keep the environment we live in habitable and to keep the human race from expanding past what the environment can handle. If we don't control the numbe of the population eventually nature will with horrifying and devistating consequences.
the two party system undermines democracy in U.S. presidential eletions.

the two party system undermines democracy because most people that vote either vote democrat or republican because they don't really consider their other options in which to choose. America gets all of it's information about the presidential candidates from the media and the media has failed to inform us about the other political parties such as the pot party, the libertarian party, and many others. Why do they not deserve and equal chance to for president?
Celebrating birthday is a burden of craps we own.

You must remember one thing and that is that birthdays give people happiness. Though it may not be any sort of accomplishment it makes people happy just as going to theme parks and watching television does. Social psychologists at oxford have determined that roughly 40% of happiness comes from one off events like these. So if something makes you happy it is almost never a waste of time as that should be the goal of your life. To always be happy.
Celebrating birthday is a burden of craps we own.

Celebrating birthday is a burden of craps we own. Isn't it so annoying to wish everyone on their bdays, and being hurt if someone forgets to wish us back on our own bdays ??. I dont cerebrate bdays, its a waste of time, money and resources that add no quality in lives of others. It only boost our ego and greed up... I mean being ME for any reason seems ridiculous.. I would rather spend this day volunteering the foster home or with the people who are less fortunate.. Your thoughts ?? Agree or disagree ?
should marijwana only Be legalized only for Medicinal purposes

Actually Tax payers would indeed need to pay More to fund The Rehabilitation centers that young people would be in only because the drug is legal and is flying around the city and the only reason this would happen is because the drug is legal and if it was not and only legal for medical use only. we as tax payers Would not! have to pay more but when this drug is legal than we would have to pay more. And if marijuana was legal we would need to pay more money.
should marijwana only Be legalized only for Medicinal purposes

Nothing will stop the recreational use of marijuana, so the legalization of marijuana would benefit everyone. Those who use marijuana as a recreation drug would not have to worry about getting in trouble, we as taxpayers wouldn't have to pay as many taxes, and people like teachers would get higher salaries. So please tell me why we shouldn't legalize recreational marijuana when it has such great benefits? And also what do you mean by marijuana can be turned into a liquid and be used for the skin?
Rap Battle - Come Hard With Your Bars

I got the hands, and i'm warning you mister unstoppable you're about to get hit like kernals you're so poppable, shaking your a-s up like this is a game of boggle, i'd be careful before you hit the toggle, I go harder than your mom did on the bottle, manslaughter so violent the s-it doesn't even need to go to trial, hop out of denial before i make it a goal to be liable to come hard with more bars than Amy kept in her Winehouse.got the first bars spittin' for filler, I may not fit the MO but i got the mind of a killer, SARS bars got you coughing and guessing, make sure you show respect, battling me is a blessing, don't get me wrong i ain't flexing i just wanna get a sense of your lyrical complexion.You're an altar boy, and i'm hitting you harder than the priests erection
Rap Battle - Come Hard With Your Bars

Hello Anon (I'll call you this until someone accepts"There is no rules as far as how mean or nasty your roasts/bars can be, but before you accept, and to anyone voting i recommend voting based on these criteria1. Wordplay, including but not limited to punchlines2. Originality - I believe the opponent should be penalized heavily if (s)he bites or steals any artists original works3. Creativity - Both contenders should be judged based off of how the words flow together, how vivid an image they can paint using words, and most importantly their rhyming choices. (rhyme schemes, etc) I recommend penalizing for using "generic" rhyme patterns (flippin, skippin, dippin | college knowledge | lyrical miracle spritual, but depending on the creativity of the line the rhyming word choices can be overturned.all in good fun, good luck,your first verse may begin immediately, no acceptance round. And most importantlyCOME HARD WITH THE BARS
We need a Communist takeover in this country, and a dictatorship of the economy.

I am very disappointed that my opponent has decided to not finish the debate he started. A major flaw with communism is that it does not reward invention and quality. In Communism if you build a chair you get payed x dollars it does not matter if you make a good chair a bad chair or a new chair you still get payed x. So in the end companies make bad products because it is easier. This would happen in America and would destroy the thing that makes America great competition which leads to invention and quality.
We need a Communist takeover in this country, and a dictatorship of the economy.

As my opponent failed to give me his argument I will make this round short. My opponent claims that communism is the best thing for the United States. But if you look at communist countries over the last eighty years or so all but one have either collapsed, converted to mixed economy, or are in a delapated state. To prove my point I will cite three examples. The soviet union was formed after the russian revolution of 1917. For a while the country remained in chaos until a ironclad dictator came into power. Stalin was able to bring order and prosperity to the soviet union by using a method of intimidation and forced labor. It is estimated that his regime killed forty million people. After Stalin the Soviet Union was able to stay a power by keeping these iron fist-ed policies. Around the 1980's with a growing national debt and deteriorating infrastructure the soviet union collapsed. This collapse has made Russian a haven for crime, sex trade, drug running, and gun running. The many reasons for the soviet union's collapse was there dictatorship and there economic policy. China was enveloped in communism in 1949 after the revolution. China like the Soviet Union used intimidation and forced labor to keep control of there country. As the Soviet Union began to fall the Chinese economy began to change from a communist economy to a mixed capitalist economy. This switch in economic ideology has proven to be a blessing for china who has seen a great increases in power. The final example I will use is Cuba. Cuba has been a communist country for about fifty years. And there country has gone from a up and coming tourist country to a dilapidated third world country. As history has shown us communism is doomed to fail because of major flaws in the communist manifesto. Also if you notice the pattern all communist countries have tyrannical dictators who in the end abuse there power. http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org...
We need a Communist takeover in this country, and a dictatorship of the economy.

I believe we need a communist takeover in this country. I will attempt to prove that my hypothetical government would function better than our current system. I will show its superiority in the following realms: 1.Economy 2.Social Services 3.Military 4.Better standard of living For now however I will leave this one to be started by my opponent whomever it may be.
Gary Johnson Would Make a Better POTUS Than Donald Trump

NOTE: My opponent and I have started this debate elsewhere, but we'll finish it here. That said... I am a libertarian who often identifies as a Libertarian. Ideologically, the Libertarian presidential candidates I agree with most are Petersen > McAffee > Johnson. However I am not a fan of democracy or voting in general, and the federal government is not something I generally support. That said, I believe the current Democratic and Republican frontrunners are garbage candidates. The Libertarian frontrunner has better plans than both. So in this debate, I will argue that Gary Johnson is the preferred mainstream presidential candidate, and that voters should support his candidacy over the other frontrunners. While "better" is an ambiguous term in defining a president's success, for the sake of this debate we will be arguing the merit of each candidate's platforms. I am looking for a thoughtful discussion on overall better values for this country, based on where the candidates stand on key issues (not how many friends they have in Washington). I will be arguing that Gary Johnson is not only better suited to be POTUS, but that he is on the right side of many social and economic issues that Trump is not. As such, he and his platforms would be better suited to lead the United States if they were to come to fruition.My opponent should now continue to c/p Rounds 1-2 from our previous debate, and allow me to pick up in Round 3. Thanks for your time! - Danielle