Resolved: The USFG should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the US.

In this round I have chosen to step back from the normal debates about saving everyone from nuclear war and extinction.I am not claiming to solve for any impacts that are not within my reach.I am critiquing the way debate is going on. I am not even going to bother rebutting my opponent, as he is asking me to participate in a form of debate that destroys much more than what he claims as impacts. Children don't choose who their parents are or what kind of life they are going to be born into. They go to the schools they are sent to and this is the first time they can make their own decisions that will change their lives and the lives of their future children, or at least this is what they are told. Just as the Matthews Effect says, these not so privileged children will never be able to gain the credit they do or could deserve. Instead, you have the other children, who maybe by luck, were born into families where they can go to a school and wreak the benefits and affect their future by joining the debate team. So yes, I guess my partner and I were two of the luckier ones. And now that we recognize what has been going on, we have decided to use our fortunes to help those less fortunate. And you too, whether born fortunate or not, this is your chance to show that you disagree with what is happening. You disagree with this developing sense of deprivation and socio-economic absolute. Vote Aff to show that you agree that as the last card I read said, you must use your key as the gatekeeper to open the gate so we can make a difference. Contention One- The Debate World Isn't Perfect! The debate world we are involved with right now is severely flawed. We are debating in this fiat world that makes us think we are good people just because we are "pretend helping people around the world." In reality, this pretend world we are debating in actually distracts us from the real problems educational debate is bringing. 1.Robert K. Merton's "Matthew Effect" exemplifies exactly what is happening within debate, even though urban and rural schools are in perfect location for debate. Those with an initial advantage enjoy continual advantages over those born into the position at a disadvantage. (Herder ‘06 Rick Herder, 20 year NFL coach, currently Graduate School of Communication at the University of Miami) Despite these demonstrated and potential benefits to students, he argues, high school debate programs of all types tend to be concentrated in affluent suburbs in what [Merton] terms, "a doughnut pattern." Urban and rural schools, which lie within or without the boundaries of this geographical doughnut, rarely participate in LD or policy debate. 2.Just as the Matthew Effect states, high school debate is leading to continued deprivation and a socioeconomic absolute. Merton ‘95 Robert K. Merton, The Matthew Effect in Science II, University Professor at Columbia University) Conceived of as a locally ongoing process and not as a single event, the practice of giving unto everyone that hath much while taking from everyone that hath little will lead to the rich getting forever richer while the poor become poorer. 3. In a day and age when love thy neighbor is needed more than ever, and in our pretend fiat world where we debate about pretending to help people, the Matthew Effect shows how the disadvantageous people here are never experiencing nor learning by experience the act of helping others. This leads to a world of everyone only caring about themselves, outweighing any fiat world implications. Thus, we give the following alternative plan: The United States Federal Government should establish a policy substantially increasing the number of affiliates of high school debate volunteering with the Learn and Serve America to create or enhance local Urban Debate Leagues. We reserve the right to clarify. A. Contention II Sub point A: Urban Debate Leagues 1. Everyone in this activity is here today because we all agree that debate is good. What is probably unknown is how successful the Urban Debate Leagues have already been in their cities. Boston Debate League '06 (http://www.bostondebate.org...) "Urban debate needs community partners to survive. Urban debate has proven success in single-handedly increasing the quality of urban education and spurring urban school reform. The educational benefits of policy debate have been documented by many scholars of education and education reform." 2.The Urban Debate League in a Baltimore local school put more students through college on debate scholarships then all of their athletic programs combined. Brooks '02 (Baltimore City Police Officer of the Year and Walbrook Academy Debate Coach) "We have put more kids in college through debate -- on scholarships -- than all of our athletic programs combined." 3. Urban Debate Leagues increases workers productivity adding to the global economy. The UDL reduces the educational-opportunity gap separating the rich and the poor and in turn, making first steps towards solving for the Matthew Effect. Reich '04(Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis University, former Secretary of Labor) The economy of the United States depends to an ever greater extent on the productivity and preparedness of all of our workforce, and on the value our workforce can add to an increasingly global economy. we must provide all of our youth with a world-class education. Urban Debate Leagues take us a solid step closer to that goal. 4. The current debate world could not be any more pro-whites. Wise ‘05(Tim Wise, Anti-racist writer/lecturer, White like Me; Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son) "It is safe to say that the activity is very, very white. All of it literally excludes whiteness and privileges white participants in any number of ways." 5. White privilege must be confronted in order to stop the domination and subordination Wise ‘05(Tim Wise, Anti-racist writer/lecturer, White like Me; Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son) "White privilege is real and must be confronted, discussing white privileges us to begin the dialogue on other forms of domination and subordination."