D. Novice IPDA Event Prompts
Round 1: 9:00am
- Speaker 1 - 1. The Federal Trade Commission should prohibit junk fees in the United States. - 2. The United States should ban all domestic fossil fuels by the year 2030. - 3. Safe drug injection sites do more good than harm. - 4. School uniforms in K-12 schools do more harm than good. - 5. On balance, El Niño conditions are preferable to La Niña conditions 
Round 2: 10:30am
- Speaker 1 - 1. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act should be repealed. - 2. Single family zoning should be abolished in the United States. - 3. Tucker Carlson will regret interviewing Putin. - 4. The UK will regret axing the HS2 rail line. - 5. Costco is the best retail store. 
Round 3: 12:15pm
- Speaker 1 - 1. All K-12 students should be required to learn a language other than English. - 2. The United States federal government should enact the Credit Card Competition Act of 2023. - 3. On balance, Gen Z will be more successful than Millennials. - 4. The A’s will regret leaving Oakland. - 5. Home ownership is overrated. 
Round 4: 1:45pm
- Speaker 1 - 1. The United States federal government should withdraw its military forces from Iraq. - 2. Los Angeles’ Fair Work Week ordinance does more good than harm. - 3. Private jets should be banned. - 4. Changing Twitter’s name to X was a mistake. - 5. College football coaches are overpaid. 
Bronze: 3:30pm
- Speaker 1 - 1. The Dodger Stadium gondola should be canceled. - 2. The United States federal government should enact the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 - 3. . The International Space Station was a good investment. - 4. Factory farming does more good than harm. - 5. El Salvador’s approach to crime reduction has done more good than harm. 
Gold: 5:00pm
- Speaker 1 - 1. The United States federal government should enact the Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024. - 2. Sea otters should be repopulated in Northern California and Oregon. - 3. Alexei Navalny’s death does more harm than good to Vladimir Putin’s interests. - 4. The legalization of sports betting has gone too far. - 5. Biden’s plan to slow down electric vehicle mandates is a good idea. 
 
      