2021 Tabor-Venitsky & Southern California LD Championships

Cerritos College - Feb 12-14 | Status: Completed | 3:14 PM Pacific

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  C. Open Parliamentary Debate Event Prompts

Round 1: 9:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States federal government should substantially increase funding for transportation infrastructure in the United States.
    2. The United States federal government should substantially increase funding for broadband infrastructure in the United States.
    3. Free community college would do more good than harm.
    4. Preserving the American Care Act is preferable to enacting Medicare for All.
    5. This house would swallow a poison pill.

Round 2: 10:30am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States federal government should substantially increase its protection of voting rights in the United States.
    2. The United States Senate should convict Donald J. Trump.
    3. Lobbyists do more harm than good in the United States.
    4. The Senate filibuster does more harm than good.
    5. This house believes democracy “can never be permanently defeated.”

Round 3: 12:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States federal government should break up all Big Tech companies.
    2. The California Supreme Court should overturn Proposition 22.
    3. A national $15 minimum wage would do more harm than good in the United States.
    4. High frequency trading does more harm than good for the U.S. economy.
    5. This house would dole out bread and circuses.

Round 4: 1:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States should cancel all arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
    2. The United States should substantially decrease its sanctions on Iran.
    3. Brexit has done more harm than good.
    4. Australia’s proposed news media bargaining code will do more harm than good.
    5. This house would go Super Saiyan.

Bronze: 3:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States should create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
    2. The United States should take significant action to combat the affordable housing crisis.
    3. The cancellation of Keystone XL will do more harm than good.
    4. COVID-19 vaccination passports would do more harm than good.
    5. This house would kill the sacred cow.

Gold: 5:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States should substantially increase its cooperation with China on space exploration.
    2. The United States Department of Agriculture should establish a carbon bank.
    3. The transition to electric cars will do more harm than good.
    4. Defunding the police would do more harm than good.
    5. This house would drop it like it’s hot.