That, on balance, the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China has had a positive impact on the US

NC-->AC C1- AFF SAYS:"Brazil has a history of high inflation, high interest rates and high import duties which contributed to the bad US economy. " How? how has this impacted the u. s. economy. The united states has received cheap goods for years from Brazil, which has one of the most stable economies within south America. furthermore, when referring to the Goldman Sachs report ( those who coined the term BRIC) it states that Brazil, along with the three other nations have perhaps the fastest growing economies in the world. SO, if their economy is in fact improving exponentially, doesn't this negate your argument? AS:"Also major drug trafficking occurs from Brazil" Quite indisputable, however, if you look to the AC R1, I talk about how the rise of this nation has lead to efforts in combating drug cartels and the overall drug trade, culminating in an increase of the regulation of drug trades between US and Brazil. Additionally, with Brazil's increase in geopolitical influence in that region, they continue to be the hegemon in S. A. . meaning that they have a heavy influence on international trade in S. A. , it is far better for them to have that control than Colombia or Chavez in Venezuela that we are not here to debate whether or not bad or good things happen in these nations, we are here to debate whether the rise in BRIC economies has made the status quo better or worse than it would have been without their rise for America. AS: "Also Brazil, a Latin American superpower, has been plagued by political corruption and seems to be surrounded by many of the strongest socialistic governments in the word, such as the ones in Venezuela and Bolivia. How can we trade with a corrupt government? This could on a international scale make America seem corrupt itself. " First, we trade with corrupt governments all the time and make negotiations quite often. Take giving arms to Saddam Hussein for example. it happens. however, Brazil is A U. S. ally, and has the most stable and incorruptible government in S. A. . if we are going to have relations within S. A. ( which we need given my 1st contention about SA terrorism talking about how S. A. relations are key to stopping the next terrorist attack from south America. ) we might as well have them with Brazil while they give us ethanol at reasonable price. furthermore, how is this even topical? even if they are the most corrupt governments in the world, this is a past tense resolution, and as of now we haven't seen any impacts of corruption from US BRAZIL relations thus those arguments are terminally non-unique. AS: "Brazil is also one of the top ten countries America imports oil from" has this increased with the rise of BRIC? even if it has, this has made oil cheaper for U. S. citizens who need the relief in a time of economic peril, or is too insignificant to be seen within the price margins and his addicted to Oil argument is flawed. furthermore Petro is cheap and sustainable, we need a decent supply until we find economically viable options. C2- RUSSIA AS:"One of Russia's big negatives is organized crime. And with Russia's immigrating to America organized crime is on the rise. With crime rising police are extra busy and to prevent officers from working to much cities often have to hire new officers whose salaries is paid through taxes causing an increase in both crime and taxes. " Has this increased due to the Rise of their economy? if there are more officers now working than before how does this increase crime? if more jobs are being created (new positions for officers) how is this a bad thing? AS: Russian diplomacy had been described as secretive and suspicious, untrustworthy, and displaying unusual hostility toward the Western powers. If Russia can not be trusted who is to say that they won't eventually turn on the United States. Therefore Russia has in fact not had a positive impact on the United States Who described it that way? as of now U. S. Russia relations are the best that they've ever been, and this is specifically due to the rise of Russia's economy. first, this is because these countries realize the only way to grow as far as economics go is to modernize and adapt from command to free market. China and Russia have both done this, and through this have been more accepting of western ideals. again ALL of these arguments that the CON is making are terminally non- unique as they are future arguments in a past tense resolution. c3-INDIA AS:"India, in spite of being a strong democracy for the last 60 years, has had internal conflicts that are based on caste, religion, ethnicity, and language. Its troubled relationship with its nuclear neighbor Pakistan and the militancy in Kashmir continue to distract the government and its resources in that country. If it is too focused on internal conflict or its neighbors it could not possible have time to contribute positively to the United States thereby proving that it can not contribute positively to the United States. " Okay so here the con says that India hasn't really had time to do anything, thus they haven't really had an impact on the U. S. However, within this statement we find a concession that India is not acting maliciously towards the United States in any way. however the development of their economy benefits the U. S. in several Ways. the most significant is the fact that their prosperity counter-balances the U. S. economic slump. basically because they do well they provide cheap goods, services, labors ect. to people within the United States in a time where they need it. c4-CHINA A new study has found that the United States' growing trade deficit with China has had an increasingly negative impact on the U. S. economy, causing job losses that reach into the most technologically advanced industries in the manufacturing sector and affect every state okay how much job loss are we talking here? is there economic rise related to this? furthermore economic dependency between to hegemonic states can be a very beneficial thing. for example, china needs us to survive through the amount of consumption we have every year from their goods. we are their' main source of consumption, and with the downfall of our economy goes the down fall of theirs. This prevents things like nuclear warfare and warfare in general between the U. S. and china. furthermore china alleviates tariff burdens and other tax burdens on trade and other things ect to keep our economy well so we continue to purchase their goods. C5-Overall detriment "Predatory trade, especially as practiced by China, has led to more than 3.3 million U. S. manufacturing job losses since the beginning of 2001. " what trade specifically? has this, again, been a result of the rise? "China's illegal undervaluing of its currency combined with its peg to the U. S. dollar gives China's manufacturers a substantial competitive advantage over their U. S. competitors. " how is this related to the rise? "Furthermore China remains a communist country, while Russia is slowly crawling out of its communist USSR past. Each one of the G7 countries is a matured democracy with free press, free elections, and the guarantee of free speech. Some of the BRIC countries have a long way to go in assuring these freedoms and a lack of these freedoms will be detrimental to the world population. " as their economies modernize these countries become increasingly democratic, as they modernize towards western ideals. this has primarily been proven to be true in the two countries the CON specifically refers to Russia and China. compare communist Russia and china with command style economies to now where they have both modernizes. the result is economic prosperity and more civil liberties and democracy as a result. the con case has very little inherency, and that which is inherent is not topical.