D. Open 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 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act should be repealed.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.