Tax increase should be Prioritized over spending cuts

Thank you for your rebuttal, and now I will go on to my own. Let us first look at proposition's side of the argument. First contention: Prioritizing Tax increase benefits the economy in more ways then people think. Sub-point A)More revenue and a balanced budget. Looking back at my own first contention, spending cuts will lead to a short recession but in the end, will solve the problem. Tax increases, however, in 10 years will lead to another economic downfall. (I will rebuild on this contention later on) Not only that, it is claimed that the government will take the money from social services, however, as I have mentioned in my second contention that there are wasteful projects that we can take money away from, so I feel that spending cuts will lead to a normal life, but in a more less dangerous way. Also, tax increases will lead to "abnormal life" The government is raising taxes. How can that be normal? People will have to pay more taxes and more money going out of their income. Thus, this contention falls. Sub-point B) Sin taxes help the general health, while bringing in additional revenue. Firstly, sin-taxes are not the best representation. While many people don't do these harmful things, many will continue on with these things even with taxes. If you're addicted to something, will money stop you? No. Many people will keep trying to get their hands on money to keep smoking or drinking. Also, this will hurt the poor and the middle classes. http://www.taxpayersalliance.com... Sub-point C) The raising of income tax rates are proved, in the past, to work I would like to point out that I am not advocating for tax cuts, but that we should not prioritize tax increases. Since tax cuts have nothing to do with spending cuts, I see that this point is invalid. Also to point out that tax increases and tax cuts are not the opposite of each other. In a way, yes but just because tax increases may work doesn't mean it's better than spending cuts or not increasing taxes. Key area of analyzes 2) Spending Cuts destroy our economy. Sub-point A) Budget cuts harm the economy. this point seems to be mainly about cutting social services and all that. As I have mentioned, we do not have to cut from these areas. There are wasteful projects that we can cut from. Thus spending cuts do not harm our economy. Sub-point B) Social security cuts will devastate the economy. Again, we have wasteful projects to cut from. I will talk about jobs while rebuilding my points. Okay so now let's go on to my points First contention, increase in tax will harm America in the long run My opponent states that our mess is from tax cuts so tax increase will save our economy. Again, tax cuts and tax increases are not the exact opposites. So say that tax cuts are bad. That doesn't mean tax increases are exactly beneficial either. But this is not about this matter. It's about whether or not tax increases should be prioritized or not. With the jobs, my opponent states that jobs will not open up because social security is cut. But, we have to realize that there are other sources to cut from, not just the social security. So this will not influence the raising of unemployment rate so my first contention still stands. Second and Third contention has been refuted by saying that cutting projects will cut jobs and we will cut from important things. Firstly, while the jobs may be cut, in my first contention, I stated that jobs will increase and there will be less unemployment rate. I feel that this is no problem. Secondly, because there are other sources that we can cut from without harming ourselves, there is no reason for things like military to be cut. Ultimately, spending cuts will not harm our social security or services, nor will it decrease creation of jobs. In the end, will solve the problem. Thus I believe that this resolution must fall and that tax should not increase because it will affect our living and all the harms mentioned. I now will look forward to the last part from the proposition. Thank you