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Bi0Hazard
By Bi0Hazard | May 6 2016 2:02 PM
I went through the issues in the Answer Issues area and I think there are more worth adding.
It lacks some issues we have here in the U.S. Here are some:
That the United States should decrease its military budget
That we should use Voter IDs to protect against voter fraud
That private charity is superior to government welfare
That we should legalize all drugs
That we should use gun control
That capitalism is superior to socialism
That Apple should unlock the iphones of suspected terrorists for the FBI
That the government should raise the retirement age for social security
That there should be no minimum wage
That the U.S. government should bailout Puerto Rico
That working should be a right
That universities should be public
That the government should be able to seize private property for public use with reasonable compensation
That we should ban all guns to the public
That employers should be required to pay men and women the same amount for the same job
That the gender wage gap is a myth
That the patriot act was a mistake
That we should ban the display of the confederate flag

These are some that I would like added, any other ideas?

and as far as I know, these are not currently in the answer issues.
admin
By admin | May 6 2016 5:51 PM
Bi0Hazard: Quick comments:

"That the United States should decrease its military budget" - agree
"That we should use Voter IDs to protect against voter fraud" - agree
"That private charity is superior to government welfare" - agree
"That we should legalize all drugs" - agree
"That we should use gun control" - I think this topic would work better reversed, "That there should be no legislative controls on gun ownership" or something
"That capitalism is superior to socialism" - agree
"That Apple should unlock the iphones of suspected terrorists for the FBI" - could be more generic, ie "That law enforcement should have the right to require companies to unlock electronic devices of suspected terrorists"
"That the government should raise the retirement age for social security" - agree but I'd specify "US government"
"That there should be no minimum wage" - agree
"That the U.S. government should bailout Puerto Rico" - agree but should be put on the extended list.
"That working should be a right" - I'd reverse the grammatical fragment here for clarity, ie "That there should be a right to work"
"That universities should be public" - does this need to be a model? I think this might work better: "That public universities are superior to private universities"
"That the government should be able to seize private property for public use with reasonable compensation" - I'd simplify this to "That states should have the power of civil forfeiture"
"That we should ban all guns to the public" - agree
"That employers should be required to pay men and women the same amount for the same job" - agree
"That the gender wage gap is a myth" - agree
"That the patriot act was a mistake" - agree although I'd use the full title of that act and specify it was passed in the US
"That we should ban the display of the confederate flag" - I'd change "we" to "the United States" - otherwise agree
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Bi0Hazard
By Bi0Hazard | May 8 2016 5:12 PM
admin: Another one to add is-
"That the U.S. should shut down guantanamo bay"
Bifurcations
By Bifurcations | May 9 2016 11:14 AM
This would also be good to have a look through: http://www.debate-motions.info/eudc-motions
They are the previous EUDC motions.
admin
By admin | May 9 2016 4:43 PM
Bifurcations: I use that site a lot, many of them are already on the list.
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admin
By admin | May 14 2016 3:49 PM
These suggestions have been added now.
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Bi0Hazard
By Bi0Hazard | May 14 2016 5:24 PM
admin: Ok, great.