Tax increase should be Prioritized over spending cuts

May we have fun, and may it serve a greater purpose in the up coming weeks, as it is the current high school PF resolution. Now let us begin! "Although it is not usually popular with the American public, the concept of raising taxes does offer certain benefits. In some cases, additional tax dollars are needed to continue vital services or to balance budgets. Due to this statement provided to us by Chris Joseph, I stand in strong affirmation of today's resolution. Resolved:" The United States Should prioritize tax increase overspending cuts . To provide an outlook on my current stance, 3 key areas will be reviewed. Key area of analyzes 1) Prioritizing Tax increase benefits the economy in more ways then people think. Sub-point A)More revenue and a balanced budget. Chris Joseph reports that “Raising taxes results in additional revenue to pay for public programs and services. Federal programs such as Medicare and Social Security are funded by tax dollars. Infrastructure such as state roads and the interstate highway system also require taxpayer funding. Real estate and property taxes are used to build and maintain schools. ” as you can clearly see, without tax increases we can not sustain normality of life in the future, without the federal programming we currently have due to taxes. Also, if we look to an article written by the Noble Prize winning in Economics, Paul Krugman, he affirms how we need taxes by saying "The Obama Administration has proposed a Tax increase plan that will generate $1.6 Trillion in additional revenue in the next decade, while the GOP has only proposed a spending cut proposal that will cut important social programs, like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, while only generating 1/5 of what the Obama Administration has proposed already". Sub-point B) Sin Taxes help the general health, while bringing in additional revenue. If we look to a study, done by the TabaccoFreeKids. org, we see that Taxing harmful items such as tobacco could discourage people from using them. It states “If every state and the District of Columbia added a $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes, 2.3 million kids would not take up smoking, 1.2 million adults would give up the habit and 1 million premature smoking-related deaths would be prevented. ” Also, on the website Rueters. com, it states how "Sin taxes, when last used in 2009, created an additional $20.6 Billion in revenue. "Sub-point C) The raising of income tax rates are proved, in the past, to work. On the website USnews. com we see an article that shows how the raising of income taxes helped in the past, and they will help again. “ In 1993, President Clinton and a Democratic-controlled Congress enacted deficit-reduction legislation that raised income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. In 2001, President Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress cut income taxes. economic growth and job creation were much stronger after the Clinton tax increases than after the Bush tax cuts. ” Key area of analyzes 2) Spending Cuts destroy our economy. Sub-point A) Budget cuts harm the economy. The the Heritage Foundation it gives 5 points on how spending cuts harm us. Here are 3 of them: 1) “As government health care is cut (or not provided in the first place) each of us must take on those costs on our own, and as demonstrated, pay up to seven times what the same care would have cost. ” 2) “As infrastructure maintenance and modernization is cut, our economy becomes less competitive, unemployment increases and our wages and spending power fall. ” 3) “As spending on education is cut, our costs of educating ourselves and our kids increase. College costs soar. And the overall education level of our people will decrease, making our country less competitive in the world. ” Sub-point B) Social security cuts will devastate the economy. Also, on the Heritage Foundation it affirms “Social Security allows working people to retire with at least a minimal income. If this is cut many could not retire for many more years (if ever), which would increase the unemployment rate because their jobs would not open up. The same is true as the retirement age is increased -- fewer job openings. ”Thank you For you time, and I look forward to your opening statements Con!