The US Government should substantially increase investment within the African Continent.

I'm not going to spend time arguing the conduct statements, as I think my point was rather well made. Anyways, this debate is about Africa, and not him. I will also throw out the refutation rule as a courtesy, as I also refuted after my opponent in R1. I have also decided to use my reserve power to extend the debate. So, lets begin..... To begin with, we've already invested over one trillion dollars over the past sixty or so years, and there's been little to no actual benefit from the investment.(1) Take a look at this handy dandy graph as wellThat graph is from 1970-2000, and once again, I will remind my opponent I never put up an argument for investing more money into the African continent, but since he keeps bringing it up, I now have to address this argument. Lets examine the chart you put up.... What you seem to think, is that the correlation is a bad sign. It is indeed, a good one. The amount of aid we send decreases in correlation with the amount of growth of per capita. Notice the highest growth in both aids and GDP is during the time when we had sent the most aid? The problem is though, I never wished to argue putting money into the picture. I have no desire to help Africa. The whole point of the debate is to show how it will mutually benefit Africa and the US, and thus far, half my points have been dropped. First you're evaluating my case, which Jifpop hasn't put a single response to other than it's philosophy and that's not what he wanted to debate. Since next round is the final round and he can't respond to it then, you negate the resolution on the basis that we shouldn't be trying to reduce suffering, and since his case is trying to reduce suffering you instantly reject his case, which means you're voting con. Ignoring the ad-hominen, my goal is not to end suffering as stated above. The goal of economic investment is to produce revenue within our own country while benefitting them at the same time. Audience, please note, that my opponent has not argued resolutions 2-4, leaving all of these unattended."No it is. I just decided to say f*ck it and beat him at his stupidly slanted topic." -ZaradiArgument 5: American Investors have voted in favor of increased investment. Of course the most important opinion in a democracy, is the one of the people. Through the ITA and Department of Commerce's SelectUSA poll, the majority of entreprenuers were choose Africa as the place to focus FDI (Foreign Direct Investment). Compared to other countries, we have a low amount of stock tied up in Africa, with most of our FDI caught up in Asia and South America. But, according to our educated business people, they wish to see more FDI put into the African continent. You can read more about it in the DOC's SelectUSA official publication. [1]This argument should defeat all others against proposed investment within the African continent. But, I' sure thats not enough for some audience members. The International Trade Administration, has officially included more direct investment into its 2012 trade plan. Arguing it as a prioriety. You can refer to Chapter 3 of the ITA's report here. [2]Argument 6: Investment in Africa increases a 18% loss in American FDIOne thing to be noted, that after are FDI rate went down 18% in 2012, the ITA's publication year, the US had actually increased FDI in the African continent. As you can see by this chart, is that FDI has increased substantially since 2003, and ignoring how it doesn't go to 2013 (Where it increased to an all time high), that FDI is becoming more and more profitable. [3] If that is still not enough, we can take a look at our global export rates to Africa. With a projected 114% increase in African good being sent into the US, it goes to show that we are becoming more and more reliant on our African imports, yet we have no security in these tied up investments. We could lose 10's of billions in a matter of days, due to a lack of naval presence, diplomatic relations, and unrest within the region. Also, I would like the audience to refer to this graph showing the 74% increase in American goods going to Africa. The untapped markets have the potential to be richer then that of Asia, and according to the graph, we are the most behind in African investment. [4] We have such low stock shares in Africa, and this could be an immediate problem for the US. I hope my opponent now understands that this debate isn't about helping Africa, but increasing the revenue stream between our nations. I don't see the relevance in constant arguments against humanitarian aid, which I agree, should be decreased. Argument 7: The most profitable markets are untapped by FDIThe sad truth about Africa, is we don't send the Peace Corps or UN officers to help africa neccesarily, but to stop unrest from effecting economic prosperity. Even more intresting, is how Africa's largest growing GDP nations, are also the ones with the least investment. Britain and China has been quick to race for stock within these nations, but its not to late for the US to join the race. Angola and Ethiopia, have two of the fastest growing markets in the world, and provide us with many valuable products like diamonds and coffee. For example, fair trade coffee and other imports, are now competing directly with South American companies, and are overtaking them in market share. The majority of your coffee is coming from Africa. It would be stupid not to join in on the economic frenzy, which is exactly what were doing. The ITA and Export.gov constantly push this issue. Here's the map of the vast increase in fair trade coffee importation from FRED... [5] [6] http://research.stlouisfed.org...Argument 8: USDA favors agricultural trade with Africa.I'm sure the readers are aware, that Africa faces a large influx of yearly starvation and poverty. Yet, the US, Europe, and China force Africans to pay high tariffs for agricltural imports. When people are starving, they don't work. Nations that don't work fail to produce revenue. Removing trade barriers, will uplift millions from poverty, and stimulate the economy to an all time high. This debate isn't about tariffs though, and is about investing into Africa. By being the first to promote free trade in Africa, nations will favor the United States for agricultural importation, and the economy will skyrocket. The world bank estimates the thing thing, and its an all win no lose situation. Investing in more exportation to Africa, we can revitalize our agricultural economy in a decade. The current exportation of agriculture is increasingly low, and not meeting the potential according to FAO... [7] Argument 9: Decreasing Petroleum Reliance in OPEC and NAFTAThe old saying goes, "don't put all your eggs in the same basket", which I believe I already alluded to. In the global world, there are only a couple places for a developed nations can get a reliable amount of petroleum from. Russia, India, Africa, or the middle east. All are importation is tied up in the middle east, which makes us economically dependent on them. The GOP seeks to imporve ties with Arab oil producers, while parties like the greens and democrats try to link us with other petroleum exporting countries.As you can see by the following graph, Africa's largest oil producing countries, including Nigeria (Largest oil producer in the world), are ranked far below Canada and Saudi Arabia. We have an extreme reliance on these two nations, which could be migitated by investment with other oil producers. Many of those nations we are on hostile terms with, and we are forced to regularly intervene with them. Its time to change course. Major oil producers like South Sudan and Angola can wield the same profit on more stable terms. We just need to increase our list of foreign oil producers while minimizing our reliance on NAFTA and OPEC oil. And since we have tariffed goods they want, we could trade at a much leveled playing field. [8] [9] [10]Sources[1/SelectUSA] http://selectusa.commerce.gov...[2/ITA 2012 Trade Plan] http://www.trade.gov...[3/Diverging Markets] http://www.divergingmarkets.com...[4/UN Press Release] http://unctad.org...[5/EuroMonitor Research Am.] http://www.euromonitor.com...[6/F.R.E.D Coffee Importation] http://research.stlouisfed.org...[7/World Bank Press Release] http://web.worldbank.org...[8/Peterson Institute Publication] http://www.piie.com...[9/Global Research Dependenct report]http://www.globalresearch.ca...[10/African Investment Summit (Oil)] http://www.tgais.com...