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The 2009-10 Topic:

Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States.

 

Issue? Email Eric at chalfaer@whitman.edu or Jim at hansonjb@whitman.edu

 

NOTICE: IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT, YOU NEED TO CLEAR IT WITH ERIC CHALFANT AND JIM HANSON.
WHY? We need to make sure that your research doesn’t repeat another lab’s and that it fits in with the goals of the camp’s overall research needs.

 

WHAT YOU DO AND HOW TO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE CAMP—THIS IS A MUST READ

 

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AFFIRMATIVE RESEARCH LIST 1.0 June 30, 2009

Detailed Aff Research List (is not updated for 2009)

 

LAB LEADERS

AFFS

ADVANTAGES

Nate, Luke

Military Benefits

Heg, Econ, Poverty, Overstretch scenarios

Anjali, Allison

FEMA – Hurricane Katrina Victims

Disease, Modeling, Soft power, disaster response K

Paul, Nick

Abortion Funding

Poverty, women’s rights, biopower

Tony, Alex

Higher Education Grants

Heg, tech/econ, competitiveness

Daniel, Tom

Native American Support

Racism/reparations, a K adv (?)

 

 

 

NOVICE-JV LAB

Mike, Brian

Social Services for homeless

Social Services for Indians

Racism, Poverty

SCHOLARS LAB

Matt, Ben, Eric

TBA

 

TBA

 

NEGATIVE RESEARCH LIST 1.2a June 30, 2009

 

LAB LEADERS

DISADS

COUNTERPLANS

KRITIKS

Nate, Luke

Politics DA

Report Impact Scenarios to Jim and Eric

States CP

50 states do plan

Poverty-Development K

K of word poverty and poverty/development rhetoric

Anjali, Allison

Defense Cuts DA

Plan costs $ so it cuts defense spending; that is bad

Report Impact Scenarios to Jim and Eric

Courts CP

Court rules to give poor right to the aff service

Natives as Poor K

Link: Representations of Native Americans as poor and providing social services is colonialist.  Impact: Colonialism

Paul, Nick

Government Bad DA

Plan’s use of government for social services is bad—the government is impersonal, calculating, bureaucratic, etc.

NGO CP

Social justice groups do the plan or similar

Nietzche K

Link: The aff tries to help people. Impact: The aff is an example of slave morality and pity resulting in moralizing and a hatred for life which steals all value to life and turns the aff.

Tony, Alex

Spending DA

Plan crushes Obama’s plans for fiscal discipline, tanks the econ. Other impacts, report to Jim and Eric

Executive Order CP

Do the Plan via XO instead of Congress.

Marxism K

The aff neglects the crisis within capitalism and thus . . .

Daniel, Tom

Military Recruitment Tradeoff DA

Plan undermines recruiting, undermines heg

Microfinance CP

Give out small loans to reduce poverty

Security K

Securitizing poverty causes all of the security impacts

 

 

 

 

NOVICE-JV LAB

Mike, Brian

Federalism DA

Fiscal Discipline DA

Military Recruitment DA

Revolution DA

Rev DA is plan stops Marxist revolution

States CP

50 states do plan

Poverty Kritik

K of word poverty and poverty/development rhetoric

SCHOLARS LAB

Matt, Ben, Eric

TBA

TBA

TBA