C. Novice Parli Event Prompts
Round 1: 9:30am
Speaker 1
- The United States Supreme Court should overturn Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
- The United States federal government should substantially reduce its restrictions on legal immigration to the United States.
- California AB 1887 does more harm than good.
- The California Environmental Quality Act does more harm than good.
- In its current form, Social Security is unsustainable.
Round 2: 11:00am
Speaker 1
- The United States House of Representatives should have four year terms.
- Federal elections in the United States should be exclusively publicly funded.
- Lifetime judicial appointments do more harm than good.
- The use of executive orders does more harm than good.
- Democracy cannot survive without local journalism.
Round 3: 12:45pm
Speaker 1
- The United States federal government should enact the FairTax Act of 2023.
- The United States federal government should repeal the Railway Labor Act.
- More Federal Reserve interest rate increases would do more good than harm.
- The Inflation Reduction Act has done more good than harm.
- The U.S. national debt is unsustainable.
Round 4: 2:15pm
Speaker 1
- The United States should substantially increase its humanitarian assistance to rebel-controlled Syria.
- The United Kingdom should allow Scotland to hold a second independence referendum.
- The United States’ policy of strategic ambiguity towards Taiwan does more harm than good.
- The Cuban embargo does more harm than good.
- Ukraine will win its war with Russia.
Bronze: 4:00pm
Speaker 1
- Brazil should substantially increase environmental protections in the Amazon.
- The United States federal government should substantially increase funding for COVID-19 public health measures.
- Artificial intelligence does more harm than good.
- School choice voucher programs do more harm than good.
- Highway widening is not an effective solution to traffic.
Gold: 5:45pm
Speaker 1
- The United States federal government should repeal the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
- California should enact a policy to substantially increase water capture and storage in California.
- Name, Image, Likeness guidelines have done more harm than good to college athletes.
- Tren Maya will do more harm than good.
- Fusion energy will be commercially viable.