Economic Advantage
Why does the United States have influence over other countries? (2 things)
1. The U.S. has a big economy.
2. Other countries trade with the U.S.
Why will companies exploit immigrants?
Companies know that immigrants are willing to work for lower wages.
You're Affirmative:
How will you prevent criminals and diseases from coming in?
Extra 100 points:
How can you prove that this method will work?
Background checks will prevent criminals and disease. There is a higher chance of these threats being caught than not.
What are the order of speeches (including rebuttals)?
What are the two sides and their positions?
Affirmative - open border
Negative - no open borders
Why do we need immigrants in the labor force?
The current labor force is aging. (Thompson 18)
Why are Americans opposed to immigrants joining the workforce?
There are a limited amount of jobs available, so immigrants and Americans will have to compete against each other.
You're Negative:
How will you know immigrants will be exploited?
They will be exploited because they are willing to do jobs for lower wages than other Americans.
How long is each speech and cross-x?
constructives - 4 minutes
rebuttals - 2 minutes
cross-x - 2 minutes
What is the acronym for your impact calculus?
MR.T
M - MAGNITUDE
R - RISK
T - TIMEFRAME
What is the impact?
Global WARRRRRRRR (ka-boom!)
What is the impact of the Wages DA?
Social conflict.
You're Negative:
Why don't we need more immigrants in the workforce?
The workforce is not aging and if there were more immigrants, Americans and immigrants would be competing for jobs.
Name 3 things you should do when giving a speech.
Depends.
WHO will help you remember the parts of the disadvantage?
Disad Dan
Why does the negative team say that the impact won't happen? (What is the affirmative impact and why does the negative team say no?)
Economic decline occurred in 2008 in the form of the Great Recession, but war did not occur, therefore the affirmative has no evidence that the impact will happen.
What is the uniqueness?
Low-skill wage growth is vulnerable.
You're Affirmative:
Why won't immigrants be exploited?
By supporting immigration, immigrants will gain more confidence. Due to the increase in confidence, they are more willing to report abuses of power.
How should you dodge a question in cross-x?
Depends.
What does the farmer symbolize in the story?
Create a flow: How does immigration prevent war? (4-6 things)
1. Open Borders -> 2. Increases workforce and productivity -> 3. Increases GDP/Economy 4.Keeps U.S. in power -> 5. The U.S. uses power to ensure peace.
Create a flow: How does immigration/open borders lead to social conflict? (3-5 things)
1. open borders -> 2. workers exploited b/c willing to work low-paying jobs -> 3. creates us versus them mentality -> 4. division ends in conflict
You're Affirmative.
Economic decline has not caused war in the past, how do you know that war will happen without the plan?
Currently, global economic conditions are more interwoven and depend more on the U.S. Although it has not happened, there is a first time for everything.
Who cross-x's whom?
1A by 2N
1N by 1A
2A by 1N
2N by 2A
Flow this series of cards.
Depends.