Resolved: The USFG should increase construction of mineral accretion coral reefs in the US

Let's try and begin here:Fairness Cons claim 1.) The “entire point of [policy debate] is to evaluate the Affirmative team plan” 2.) It is absolutely against the rules to ever change or amend a plan in a policy round 3.) Pro has changed or amended the plan by changing the price 4.) Pro has attempted to break the rule and has hurt fairness in the round 5.) Thus, Pro has no more say and must accept con’s price of 9% of the GDP Rebutal 1.) Pro has never proclaimed or mandated that this is a policy debate 2.) The ‘entire point’ of policy debate is NOT to evaluate a plan, but is to promote education and learning 3.) Con wishes to implement his own price, which I will later explain doesn’t make sense anyways, thus making the round literally impossible to win 4.) This destroys the educational value of the debate because there can be no education if there is no round in the first place. Not only this, but it wastes space in the debate reducing the amount we can argue that actually has educational value. 5.) This also hurts the sportsmanship of the game and promotes tension between the players. This clearly also hurts educational value. 6.) Thus, Con’s propositions are abuses which far outweigh any abuses which I have commited and the second price should stand. Why pro’s price is dead wrong 1.) Artificial reefs are artificial breakwaters because they have a similar definition 2.) a DOI report indicates that artificial breakwaters cost $19,791 per meter. 3.) He multiplied this number by the total meters in the plan to receive 9% of the GDP Why this is wrong 1.) Artificial reefs are NOT artificial breakwaters just because they have a similar sounding definition. 2.) Thus the price of artificial breakwaters is NOT the same as the price of artificial reefs 3.) I also have provided quoted evidence from a massive study which declares artificial reefs of the mineral accretion assortment only cost 50,000-$100,000/ kilometer which equals about $75/meter, giving us a grand total of 8.1 billion dollars for the plan 4.) Thus because I have professional evidence and because Con is using completely flawed logic for his calculation, my answer is the one should remain in play States 1.) The plan literally states: “the plan will take place on all feasible coastal states” 2.) The plan doesn’t Ever state: “only the listed states will be up for consideration” 3.) This means that con is using sematics and assumtions which aren’t based on what is literally in the text, while I am. 4.) Finally the plan also states that I affirm the right to clarify my case as necessary, meaning if there is a simply word confusion, like this, I can clarify what it really means. 5.) Thus my and the literally stated interpretation must be the accepted version 6.) Thus please strike out the states disadvantage Government agency Cons claim 1.) A governmental agency is necessary to carry out the plan and funding must be named 2.) Con doesn’t list them and that is abusive Rebutal 1.) The plan will be carried out through Normal Means, Just as Every Single Policy Debate Plan Is. 2.) This means that the plan will be carried out in the normal way that congress would pass/fund/ and operate any given plan 3.) Thus the agent of action and funding are all taken care of 1.) the agent of action is not critical to supporting the educational value of the debate 2.) Thus it doesn’t matter in any case 1.) There is no rule which mandates that an agent me named 2.) Thus I have not broken any rules and no abuse has been done Trade Pros claim 1.) There are 4 examples of ships getting caught on something in the ocean 2.) Thus every single ship will get caught 3.) This will prevent all forms of trade costing the US billions or trillions 4.) Thus don’t do the plan Rebuttal 1.) 4 examples are not enough proof to make a general claim about every single ship in the world 2.) Each example con listed was not in the range of 12-30 miles off of the coastline 3.) Each example stems from ships either being to close to land or wrecking on a very small patch of land that suddenly goes from the bottom of the sea to about 30 meters below sea level causing the ship to get stuck 4.) These have nothing to do with reefs or they are not within the coastal distance 5.) Thus they cannot be applied to the case 6.) Con must provide case specific evidence about Mineral Accretion coral reefs, from a quoted author that makes his same claims, single examples do not prove 7.) Thus please cast out cons trade advantage Fisheries Solvency Pros claim 1.) Con has evidence which claims it is currently to late for fisheries to heal just by halting fishing 2.) Thus he has show the entire plan wont help because according to his evidence nothing will help 3.) Thus delete the entire advantage Rebuttal 1.) All evidence in the fisheries advantage come from one single study 2.) This study is in support of mineral accretion reefs to help fisheries 3.) Thus the writer of those very lines disagrees that it is too late for ANY recovery, he has simply said that HALTING FISHING WOULD NOT BRING BACK ENOUGH FISH TO SAVE THE INDUSTY and other measure are neccesary 4.) He then concludes in my solvency evidence that only mineral accretion coral reefs offer the solution to the problem which can help and revitalize the fishing industry and thus save millions of dollars 1.) Even if this advantage is wrong, you have conceded the health advantages and the shoreline advantages are also still in play 2.) Thus the plan should still happen given that the opponent’s argument is true, which it is not. 1.) Yet again con has attempted to re-read the plan and ignore what is plainly clear but let me just use solvency evidence which cancels out con’s claim: “Large-scale habitat restoration of degraded areas is now the only hope for recovery of the coastal fisheries, biodiversity, sand supplies, and shore protection that only large healthy reefs can provide. Unless the vast wastelands of degraded reefs are restored, all tropical coastal countries will soon face crippling economic losses. Unfortunately, at this time there is no serious funding for large-scale coral reef restoration” “When considered as earnings per kilometer of reefs, the values for fisheries and for tourism typically ranged from several thousand dollars to several million dollars per kilometer of reef per year” Thus please extend the fisheries argument Tourism 1.) Tourism is never mandated in the plan 2.) Con must provide case specific evidence that tourism hurts Mineral Accretion Coral Reefs for it to be a real disadvantage 3.) Con simply states that tourism can bring bad health but never states how bad of degradation this causes and thus there is not significance to his claim Con has done literally nothing bad exaggerate, lie, and attempt to ruin the educational value of the round as far as I am concerned and it is shown clearly in his mannerism and clear disregard for the fairness of the round. I have effectively shown why con has been abusive, and why his claims are unfounded. He has yet to provide a solidly grounded argument and thus I can only see the round leaning my way right now. I pass the turn back to con for a hopefully educational round.