In In Defense of Evil part 2 of 3: A Wide Scale Eugenics program would be beneficial to the U.S.A

I want to start off by thanking my opponent for taking time to form his own rebuttals and not plagiarizing like he did with his entire round 2 argument. Benefits of a higher IQ society, Lower crime rate & Less Poverty, "I do agree that IQ does have a major impact on Crime rate and poverty" My opponent agrees that raising the average IQ would have a major impact on both the crime and poverty rate. He does go on after this to discuss other factors that contribute to crime and poverty. By mentioning those other factors my opponent misses the point. Implementing a eugenics program isn't meant to control every factor that leads to crime and poverty. It's meant to have a positive impact on society by reducing crime and poverty, among other things. We aren't looking to build a utopia. We are looking to make life just a little bit better for everyone. Increases the GDP of a nation/Military Strength "No need to. The United States is ranked first in Military. According to the Global-Firepower website, The United States has over 1,430,000 men active frontline. 122,022,084 that are Fit for Service, and over 145,212,012 men and women for available manpower. It"s really not a good idea to correlate Military strength with GDP since our nation has spent the most amount of money on Defense. If the United States had added at least 37% of its GDP to our Defense in America today, the defense spending would be over $5 trillion." You've completely missed the point. The point is: the better your country does economically the better it is likely to do in terms of military strength. The one source you cited says it's bad policy to tie the military budget to a percentage of the GDP. Nothing I've said would indicate that I'm for a foreign policy that does that. Your mention of tying military budget to the GDP. The fact you would mention something off topic like that is truly baffling. To say it isn't necessary to increase the GDP is ludicrous. Obviously you should want the country you live in to continually grow their economy. Preventing Genetic Disorders "1. Cystic Fibrosis- Vertex has developed a drug called "Kalydeco". It was given a test trial on two girls, Laura and Cate. The drug entered the cells and fixed the broken protein that was making them sick. On top of that, the girls have a specially rare case of CF, so the fact it worked on them shows great progress." Actually, the drug only worked on them because they had a rare version of Cystic Fibrosis. Had they had a more common form the drug wouldn't have done anything. This is progress but it's an almost insignificant amount and it's certainly inferior to not getting Cystic Fibrosis at all. "2. Down Syndrome- Medical technology has shown that Prenatal testing and social-economical differences can aid in prevention or severity of down syndrome." You really need to start fully reading your sources. I'll explain why prenatal testing and socio-economic status prevents Autism. Poor people don't receive the prenatal testing as often and as a result have their kid before realizing he is autistic. This results in them not being able to abort the fetus. Rich people and poor people get pregnant with an autistic child at the same exact rate, but rich people give birth to less Autistic kids because they find out sooner and are able to abort the fetus. Under the eugenics program I propose less kids would be born with Autism because of gene therapy not because of aborting them. "3. Fragile X syndrome- A study was taken by Seaside Therapeutics, a drug company, and Rush University Medical Center, on a drug called "arbaclofen". The study was taken over 15 months using a placebo on 63 people. The results showed that they were able to function a social level, and their social anxiety was lessened." Do you know whats better then reducing the anxiety level of mentally challenged kids? Preventing them from being mentally handicapped to start with. Why would you prefer a kid to be mentally retarded with low levels of social anxiety, over just having that kid be healthy? "4. Inherited blood clotting problems: Routine diet and exercise would help the person, and probably medicine for cholesterol." Eating healthy and being active helps everybody. It helps people with Cancer also. Should we just stop pursuing a cure and tell them to exercise and eat salads? "5. Huntington"s disease- Scientists are using electronic devices for the brain to see what causes the defective gene, and how it affects metabolism, as well as the chemistry of the brain and body. " This is just another way of saying there is no cure. The best way to prevent it is prior to birth through an ethical eugenics program. "6. Muscular dystrophy- a rare muscle disorder that affects 1 in 3,500 males." So what are you saying? Screw those 85,000 guys? 1 in 3,500 is 85,000 people in America. Way to down play the number though. "7. Sickle cell anemia- Usually young children catch this, and can be treated with penicillin. In order for a baby to be born with sickle cell anemia, both the mother and father must carry a sickle cell gene." The Penicillin helps prevent infection. It's not something that fixes the problem. Do you know whats better then treating Sickle cell anemia? That's right preventing it. "8. Tay Sach"s disease- Very rare and more common in European/Jewish heritages." What are you saying? It's common for Jewish couples to get tested to see what the chances of having a kid with Tay Sachs disease is. This testing is a form of eugenics because it helps prevent more children from having to suffer from this disease. Are you suggesting Jewish people not be allowed to volunteer in this voluntary eugenics program already in place? My opponent suggests reactionary actions with concern to genetic disorders. I ask this simple question is it better to prevent genetic disorders, or is it better to forego prevention allow people to suffer in hopes that we'll be able to come up with a cure someday? The propaganda campaign/Subsidizing the eugenics program, "I would respectfully disagree with my opponent here. Our nation is over $17,000,000,000,000 in debt right now. Any investment in Eugenics would add more to our Nation"s debt, as well as to our Medicaid system, which means the taxpayer is going to have to pay for something immoral." I already explained how the eugenics program would pay for it's self and how funds could be redirected to pay for it from some failed programs. Summary, 1. My opponent agrees that a eugenics program would be beneficial. Which is my resolution. So my opponent pretty much conceded. 2. My opponent plagiarized his arguments. 3. My opponent fails to show how a completely voluntary eugenics program is immoral, though he claims it is several times. 4. My opponent offers obviously inferior alternatives or in some cases no alternatives at all to get the results my eugenics program is after. Vote pro. Thank you very much.