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train | by cutting spending and raising taxes we might be able to return to a balanced budget and lower the national debt | We should adopt an austerity regime | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by doing away with nuclear weapons, we can make the world safer from war and accidental explosions. | We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by downplaying the role of the individual collectivism can suppress ambition and ideas | We should oppose collectivism | 0.981825 | 1 | 0.89809 |
train | by eliminating the circulation of arms we will reduce violence and prevent crimes | We should abolish the right to keep and bear arms | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by enacting an austerity regime, we can improve the long-term health of the economy by reducing the national debt. | We should adopt an austerity regime | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by ending mandatory retirement we can drastically reduce the state burden on welfare for retirees | We should end mandatory retirement | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by forcing someone to retire it then means that spot is open for a younger person to fill the role, someone who could really use the money | We should end mandatory retirement | 0.755252 | -1 | 0.902295 |
train | by forcing someone to vote that doesn't like any of the candidates you will end up with people randomly voting for people they don't know anything about just to get the voting over with. | We should introduce compulsory voting | 0.832171 | -1 | 1 |
train | by forcing the older adults in we can bring in younger, stronger workers which increases production. | We should end mandatory retirement | 0.481814 | -1 | 0.80345 |
train | By freeing up space across professional hierarchies mandatory retirement provides more opportunities for career growth and upward mobility for younger people. | We should end mandatory retirement | 1 | -1 | 1 |
train | by having a multi-party system people would be able to support parties with their values and the a larger party may adopt polices from the smaller one for support | We should adopt a multi-party system | 0.869505 | 1 | 1 |
train | by having mandatory retirement we are opening job positions for the younger people who need to being their workforce life. they bring new ideas to the workforce that will benefit society. | We should end mandatory retirement | 1 | -1 | 0.884333 |
train | by having nuclear weapons the world has managed to avoid a major war. they act as an insurance policy. | We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons | 0.925119 | -1 | 1 |
train | by having safe spaces we single out certain children for special treatment. | We should abolish safe spaces | 0.646208 | 1 | 0.895268 |
train | by imposing economic sanctions against a country you will force them to change the way they are doing things because it creates a hardship for the citizens who will in turn rebel against the government | We should end the use of economic sanctions | 1 | -1 | 0.780705 |
train | by introducing compulsory voting you will assure that each and every citizen's voice is heard. | We should introduce compulsory voting | 0.843418 | 1 | 1 |
train | by leagalizing prostitution, we remove most of the stigma associated with that lifestyle and make it safer. it's one of the oldest professions and should be respected and made legal. | We should legalize prostitution | 0.770856 | 1 | 1 |
train | by legalising we can provide a safer environment for those that work in the industry. plus remove the criminal element which currently run the industry. | We should legalize prostitution | 0.758117 | 1 | 1 |
train | by legalizing organ trade we can make more organs available for those who are in dire need of a transplant. | We should legalize organ trade | 0.980085 | 1 | 1 |
train | by legalizing prostitution we can keep the prostitutes safer and better monitor them for diseases. | We should legalize prostitution | 0.868958 | 1 | 0.890197 |
train | by legalizing prostitution we can regulate medical checkups and thereby help to prevent the spread of disease. | We should legalize prostitution | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by legalizing prostitution we would be making it safer for the prostitute by taking control away from the violent crime organizations | We should legalize prostitution | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by legalizing the organ trade you are keeping it out of the black market and the criminals who are already making money off it. | We should legalize organ trade | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by limiting executive compensation, we can help to ensure other employees can receive benefits and the company profits can be hire. this in turn can lower prices. | We should limit executive compensation | 0.741172 | 1 | 1 |
train | By making prostitution legal, sex workers will be able to unionize and protect themselves from those who would exploit them. | We should legalize prostitution | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by multi-party system people will much more to choose from rather than few parties. | We should adopt a multi-party system | 0.370667 | 1 | 1 |
train | By narrowing down the number of suspects, racial profiling saves the police both money and resources. | We should end racial profiling | 0.786192 | -1 | 0.900706 |
train | by paying executives a high amount of money, companies can get a better quality of leadership leading to a more profitable business. | We should limit executive compensation | 1 | -1 | 0.897158 |
train | By proactively stopping potential crimes using racial profiling, the crime rates over time will decrease. | We should end racial profiling | 0.79585 | -1 | 0.902912 |
train | By promoting diversity, affirmative action helps diminish negative stereotypes. | We should end affirmative action | 0.872106 | -1 | 0.902603 |
train | by providing a high compensation to the executives of a company you can get a higher quality employee and the business will make more money. therefore we should not limit their pay. | We should limit executive compensation | 0.866959 | -1 | 1 |
train | by pushing an older group of people out of a particular profession, this makes room for a younger generation to enter the workforce | We should end mandatory retirement | 0.708256 | -1 | 0.964539 |
train | by realizing they will need to pay off their student loans, the students will work harder to achieve their goals. | We should subsidize student loans | 0.800804 | 1 | 0.496814 |
train | by requiring all citizens to vote, we would be able to elect politicians who more accurately represent the public's will. | We should introduce compulsory voting | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by ridding the world of nuclear weapons we do not have to worry about nuclear accidents or mistakes. | We should fight for the abolition of nuclear weapons | 0.689973 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidising student loans governments can encourage those on a low income to consider university. | We should subsidize student loans | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidising training it may lead to more employers taking on trainees. | We should subsidize vocational education | 0.943296 | 1 | 0.898266 |
train | by subsidizing stay-at-home dads we will improve the quality of the family life, giving the women a right to pursue a career | We should subsidize stay-at-home dads | 0.906709 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing embryonic stem cell research, cures will be made available for diseases that would otherwise cost millions more money for long term treatments that sustain life instead of curing the disease. | We should subsidize embryonic stem cell research | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing journalism we can help to keep more truthful stories since they don't owe anyone anything. | We should subsidize journalism | 0.67502 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing journalist, we can get a more truthful account of facts since they would not need donations. | We should subsidize journalism | 0.752045 | 1 | 0.951028 |
train | by subsidizing space exploration we can work toward colonizing other planets and reduce over population on earth. | We should subsidize space exploration | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing stay at home dads you are allowing them to form a bond with their child that they would never be able to have and still allow them enough money to supply their basic needs. | We should subsidize stay-at-home dads | 0.955856 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing stay-at-home dads, it is giving the other parent to pursue their professional dreams, even if it means starting out at a lower salary. | We should subsidize stay-at-home dads | 0.760903 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing student loans people would be able to put money back into the economy and it would have a positive effect for everyone | We should subsidize student loans | 0.709391 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing student loans we can remove one of the stressors from continuing education. | We should subsidize student loans | 0.935828 | 1 | 1 |
train | by subsidizing student loans we take away the incentives to do better on the students own. | We should subsidize student loans | 0.917153 | -1 | 0.726797 |
train | by subsidizing vocational education we can have a bigger work force in the trades. | We should subsidize vocational education | 0.787791 | 1 | 1 |
train | By taking away the right to life of his victim, a murderer forfeits his own right to life. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.735296 | -1 | 1 |
train | By targeting a national symbol that represents Americans and the United States, flag burning is a hate crime and should be banned. | We should prohibit flag burning | 0.916293 | 1 | 1 |
train | by the time people are at executive level they have worked long and hard and deserved to be recompensed for their work and ideas at a fair level. | We should limit executive compensation | 0.850826 | -1 | 1 |
train | by using economic sanctions, we can prevent some countries from increasing their weapons thereby protect other countries. | We should end the use of economic sanctions | 0.669487 | -1 | 1 |
train | by using entrapment law enforcement is only making it faster to arrest those who are already going to commit the crime therefore saving someone from being a victim. | Entrapment should be legalized | 1 | 1 | 0.906595 |
train | by using safe spaces we prevent those who need to get out and socializing from learning how to deal with difficult situations. | We should abolish safe spaces | 0.898438 | 1 | 0.594058 |
train | By violating the human rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. loses its authority to request from other countries to stop their human rights violations. | We should close Guantanamo Bay detention camp | 1 | 1 | 0.90307 |
train | by watching television, we have the latest info of what is happening around the world without leaving home. | We should abandon television | 0.686515 | -1 | 1 |
train | caging animals is inhumane. they should be left to live their lives as naturally intended | We should abolish zoos | 0.873959 | 1 | 1 |
train | can also prove to be a beneficial system as it provides shelter to the orphans | Foster care brings more harm than good | 0.432865 | -1 | 1 |
train | can lead to conflicts between the members of the company | We should limit executive compensation | 0.11776 | 1 | 0.778564 |
train | can pressure young people to feel image conscience | We should ban cosmetic surgery | 0.684014 | 1 | 0.605518 |
train | canceling pride parades allows the divide to continue to exist | We should cancel pride parades | 0.672941 | -1 | 1 |
train | canceling pride parades further victimizes an already marginalized group because it sends the message that they are not important and they're experiences don't matter. this sends progress backwards. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.873529 | -1 | 1 |
train | canceling pride parades signals that these voices can be silenced - which in turn makes it clear that we need pride events more than ever. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.982546 | -1 | 1 |
train | canceling pride parades will be supportive to all of us who think that the only marriage which should be followed is between man and women. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.623429 | 1 | 1 |
train | canceling such a parades is obligatory to support people who still believe that man plus women is only marriage accepted. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.280525 | 1 | 1 |
train | canceling the pride parades would only send a signal that lgbt groups are still to be seen as less important than others. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.909675 | -1 | 1 |
train | cancelling pride parades goes against what they stand for. those parades are vital for spreading acceptance. | We should cancel pride parades | 1 | -1 | 1 |
train | cancelling pride parades invokes on freedom speech rights for those who participate. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.925029 | -1 | 1 |
train | cancelling pride parades would be abhorent in a society wishing to teach values of tolerance and freedom of expression. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.83382 | -1 | 1 |
train | cancelling pride parades would make people less aware of the lgbt movement. | We should cancel pride parades | 1 | -1 | 1 |
train | cancelling pride parades would make people less uncomfortable. | We should cancel pride parades | 0.352406 | 1 | 0.715286 |
train | cancelling the parades would be a violation of free speech rights | We should cancel pride parades | 0.760113 | -1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment acts as the ultimate deterrent - serious crime levels will drop due to the risk of paying the ultimate price. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.956935 | -1 | 0.695585 |
train | capital punishment acts as the ultimate deterrent for the most heinous of crimes, and saves vast amounts of money that would be spent keeping such offenders in jail for ever more. | We should abolish capital punishment | 1 | -1 | 0.892292 |
train | capital punishment allows for equal justice type punishment and a means for the victim's family members to have some type of closure to such a horrible episode in their lives. | We should abolish capital punishment | 1 | -1 | 0.928019 |
train | Capital punishment allows for more judicial discretion by providing more possible punishments to choose from. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.746773 | -1 | 0.928478 |
train | capital punishment allows for those who are dangerous and non-rehabilitative to function in society. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.425295 | -1 | 0.723783 |
train | capital punishment allows for victims' families to get justice equal to the crime committed (usually murder). | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.888595 | -1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment breaks the human rights of the individuals being punished. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.872329 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment can be a deterrent if criminals know this is the ultimate punishment | We should abolish capital punishment | 1 | -1 | 0.828365 |
train | Capital punishment can be made cheaper than keeping someone alive for the rest of their life on the tax payer's dollar. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.740945 | -1 | 1 |
train | Capital punishment can be replaced by more ethical but equally punishing alternatives, like life without parole. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.920143 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment can go to far and punish innocent people | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.732982 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment can influence better behavior | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.745539 | -1 | 0.920678 |
train | capital punishment can lead to miscarriage of justice of the worst kind | We should abolish capital punishment | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment can often cause great pain when being implemented and does not deter violent crime which is often committed in the throes of rage not to mention the injustice to the wrongly convicted. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.869793 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment can potentially lead to the death of innocent men. there are cases where there is strong doubt that the person executed actually carried out the crime. | We should abolish capital punishment | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | Capital punishment can provide more catharsis for victims than life in prison. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.805862 | -1 | 0.824087 |
train | capital punishment can put innocent lives at risk | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.798985 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment can serve as a useful deterrent to prevent crime as people who are thinking about committing heinous crimes may have second thoughts as they know they put be put to death themselves. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.806788 | -1 | 0.910008 |
train | capital punishment can suffer from social or racial bias and in fact be used as a weapon against a certain section of society | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.964028 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment causes mental harm to the kids who get affected by it. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.623218 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment could be applied to innocent people | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.840406 | 1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment creates a justified punishment that equal to the crime committed | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.754734 | -1 | 1 |
train | Capital punishment creates space for potential rehabilitation without prison over-population. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.727582 | -1 | 1 |
train | Capital punishment denies due process by making it impossible for new evidence or good behavior to change the sentence. | We should abolish capital punishment | 1 | 1 | 1 |
train | Capital punishment deters criminals from committing heinous crimes. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.896073 | -1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment deters potential criminals from doing any serious crime like mass murder | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.563764 | -1 | 0.889417 |
train | Capital punishment deters truly awful crimes in rational criminals who don't want to die. | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.899509 | -1 | 1 |
train | capital punishment disincentives people to commit crimes | We should abolish capital punishment | 0.878941 | -1 | 1 |
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