C. Novice Parli Event Prompts

Round 1: 9:30am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States Supreme Court should overturn Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
    2. The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.
    3. California AB 1887 does more harm than good.
    4. The California Environmental Quality Act does more harm than good.
    5. In its current form, Social Security is unsustainable.

Round 2: 11:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States House of Representatives should have four year terms.
    2. Federal elections in the United States should be exclusively publicly funded.
    3. Lifetime judicial appointments do more harm than good.
    4. The use of executive orders does more harm than good.
    5. Democracy cannot survive without local journalism.

Round 3: 12:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States federal government should enact the FairTax Act of 2023.
    2. The United States federal government should repeal the Railway Labor Act.
    3. More Federal Reserve interest rate increases would do more good than harm.
    4. The Inflation Reduction Act has done more good than harm.
    5. The U.S. national debt is unsustainable.

Round 4: 2:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States should substantially increase its humanitarian assistance to rebel-controlled Syria.
    2. The United Kingdom should allow Scotland to hold a second independence referendum.
    3. The United States’ policy of strategic ambiguity towards Taiwan does more harm than good.
    4. The Cuban embargo does more harm than good.
    5. Ukraine will win its war with Russia.

Bronze: 4:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Brazil should substantially increase environmental protections in the Amazon.
    2. The United States federal government should substantially increase funding for COVID-19 public health measures.
    3. Artificial intelligence does more harm than good.
    4. School choice voucher programs do more harm than good.
    5. Highway widening is not an effective solution to traffic.

Gold: 5:45pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. The United States federal government should repeal the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
    2. California should enact a policy to substantially increase water capture and storage in California.
    3. Name, Image, Likeness guidelines have done more harm than good to college athletes.
    4. Tren Maya will do more harm than good.
    5. Fusion energy will be commercially viable.