D. Open IPDA Event Prompts
Rd 1 - 9:15 Flight A Strike/9:45 Flight B & NFA LD
Speaker 1
Rd 1 - Flight A
The USFG should significantly increase regulations on corporate water use.
The USFG should significantly increase its investment in lithium mining.
The USFG should enact a carbon tax.
The USFG should ban GMO foods.
Developing nuclear power is preferable to developing solar power.
Speaker 2
Rd 1 - Flight B
The USFG should increase regulations on fast fashion companies.
The USFG should significantly increase subsidies for solar panels.
The USFG should significantly increase its investment in nuclear energy.
The USFG should end its corn subsidies.
Genetic engineering does more harm than good.
Rd 2 - 11:15 Flight A Strike/11:45 Flight B & NFA
Speaker 1
Rd 2 - Flight A
Free trade is preferable to protectionist policies.
The USFG should create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
In the short term, AI is a greater threat to humanity than climate change.
US military involvement in the Middle East does more harm than good.
G7 nations should increase their direct support of Ukraine.
Speaker 2
Rd 2 - Flight B
Expanding workers rights does more harm than good for the U.S. economy.
Open border policies are morally preferable to restrictive immigration policies.
The USFG should ban the use of Artificial Intelligence by law enforcement.
The U.S. should end all military aid to Israel.
G20 Nations should increase their support for refugees.
Rd 3- 1:30 Flight A Strike & NFA / 2:00 Flight B
Speaker 1
Rd 3 - Flight A
Cancel culture does more good than harm.
Privacy is no longer achievable in the digital age.
The US Department of Education should incentivize providing comprehensive sex education nationwide.
The USFG should significantly increase regulations on Crypto currencies.
The USFG should abolish the Department of Education.
Speaker 2
Rd 3 - Flight B
When in conflict, mercy is preferable to justice.
Public education is preferable to "school choice".
The USFG should impose stricter regulations on data privacy.
The U.S. should substantially increase the federal minimum wage.
The USFG should require a year of national service for all citizens after high school
Rd 4 - 3:15 Flight A & NFA LD/ 3:45 Flight B
Speaker 1
Rd 4 - Flight A
American exceptionalism is dead.
Cyberattacks are the greatest threat to American security.
Social media companies should be legally liable for the content on their sites
California should abandon its high-speed rail projects.
Congress should eliminate the debt ceiling.
Speaker 2
Rd 4 - Flight B
Marriage is an outdated institution.
Funding to help unhoused Americans is preferable to funding foreign military aid.
Social Media Companies should be required to remove misinformation that affects the public good.
Over the long term, the BRICS alliance is the greatest threat to the US economy.
The U.S. Senate should abolish the filibuster.
Elim 1 - 5:30 Flight A & NFA LD / 6:00 Flight B
Speaker 1
Bronze Rd - Flight A
The Democratic party should move further to the center.
Domestic extremism is a greater threat to the U.S. than extremists from abroad.
Joe Biden should issue blanket pardons to everyone on Trump’s enemies list.
Rank choice voting for President is preferable to our current system.
The UN should abolish permanent membership on the Security Council.
Speaker 2
Bronze Rd - Flight B
Third-party political campaigns do more harm than good.
Immigration restrictions do more harm than good to the economy.
The USFG should mandate employers in the U.S. provide paid parental leave.
STEM education should not be prioritized over education in the Humanities.
The UN should eliminate veto power on the Security Council.
Elim 2 - 7:40 IPDA & NFA LD
Speaker 1
Gold Rd
Of the currently announced nominees for President Trump's cabinet, ______________ is the most dangerous for America.
The USFG should increase economic investment in Latin America .
The EU should admit Ukraine as a member state .
Competing in individual events provides more practical benefits than competing in debate.
Violence is justified to combat oppression.