Resolved: That on balance, the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) has had a positive im

I'm sorry for the delay, I had a debate tournament this week and I was busy preparing and didn't have enough time to continue this debate. Thank you for your consideration. 1) You agree with me that we will have to build factories and such which will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars-maybe even millions. Your argument that spending money on Americans is a "good thing" doesn't hold merit because we can't afford to spend money that we do not have. When we try to spend money we do not have to build factories and machines that just basically puts the U.S. more in debt, and in more deficit. Also, where would the government acquire this money? Raise taxes even more? Or perhaps go to China...oh wait if China didn't help the U.S. in times of trouble when we needed money, the United States would be failing dramatically and perhaps the fall of this nation would be upon us. This is why the BRIC countries are good, especially China, they bail us out of debt and make our lives easier. You're claim that this won't cost much doesn't hold merit either. It takes sometimes over 1 million dollars just to Build a factory. If the US built HUNDREDs of factories...this would be MILLIONS of dollars that the US can't afford to pay. Ohter countries do care about our well being, if we are allies with them, such as China, and we did nothing to provoke them or have them provoke us, then they would know they are safe as well. In the past the US has gone up to bat for other countires in times of trouble that were our allies. The BRIC countries know this as well, thats why they hav high interest in the well being of America. If things are made cheaper, then it is better for the US. Would you rather pay $15 dollars for a bag of rice made in the US, or $4 for the SAME bag of rice manufactured in China or any country in the BRIC country. The BRIC nations economy CAN grow, because they are making a profit off of our deficit and the money that we owe them from interest that we owe them. On to your arguments 1)I will repaeat what I said in my previous case: As the middle class grows in the BRIC countries, the demand for quality goods and services will rise. This creates even more opportunities for the US to make money off these nations. The U.S. will be able to produce more and more goods and services. This will enable more jobs to be put into play in the United States for American citizens, instead of using foreign job help. This makes American citizens more money, as well as our government, because we are becoming less job dependant on other countries when we use our own American citizens to make goods, and provide services. The demand for luxury goods have risen by 15% in the last several years. They are just waiting for the products to be made by American workers, which we have plenty of unemployed people to fill the slots.----This proves that it indeed makes the US MORE jobs than it takes. 3) I'm still unclear of where you are going with the statement: "Luxury goods are much more elastic and so sway in demand much more due to price theory and supply and demand" and that is why I haven't attacked it. But, I'll give a good guess at what you are getting at. When luxury goods are on the market, supply and demand still is in effect. You haven't clearly established what "price theory" is. If your meaning that people will buy luxury goods according to the bet price then THAT my friend is called supply and demand. This is why America is what it is today, we have a wide variety of things that are the best/worst price in accordance to how well the good is manufactured etc. So your who statement about Luxury goods doesn't hold merit also. Thanks for debating!