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Health insurance mandates
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Insurance mandates violate the rights of employers.
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CON
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Health insurance mandates
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Mandatory insurance violates right to engage in contracts
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CON
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Health insurance mandates
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Mandate deters uninsured from going to hospital, receiving penalty
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CON
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More troops to Afghanistan under Obama
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More troops in Afg will inflame broader Muslim anger, terrorism
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CON
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More troops to Afghanistan under Obama
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More troops in Afghanistan perpetuates corrupt Afghan government
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CON
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More troops to Afghanistan under Obama
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The military industrial complex profits from escalation in Afg.
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CON
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More troops to Afghanistan under Obama
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W/o more troops, Afgh will become terrorist haven
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PRO
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More troops to Afghanistan under Obama
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Defeat in Afghanistan would embolden terrorists globally
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PRO
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Health insurance cooperatives
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Co-ops lack scale to negotiate prices of drugs, services
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CON
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Health insurance cooperatives
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Advocates of co-ops are really aiming for socialized medicine
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CON
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Health insurance cooperatives
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Co-ops compete with insurers like public option could
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PRO
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Public health insurance option
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Public insurance would stifle medical innovation and advancement
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CON
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Public health insurance option
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Public insurance inefficiencies can be hidden by taxpayer-funding
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CON
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Public health insurance option
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Public insurance option will increase taxes, drag-down economy
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CON
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Public health insurance option
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Public insurance will give doctors/hospitals millions of new patients.
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PRO
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Public health insurance option
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Public insurance delivers same quality insurance at a lower price
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PRO
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Mandatory calorie counts on menus
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Mandatory calorie counts infringe restaurants' freedom of speech
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CON
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Mandatory calorie counts on menus
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Calorie counts are ineffective at compelling healthier choices
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CON
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Mandatory calorie counts on menus
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Calorie counts on menus will turn-off customers.
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CON
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Mandatory calorie counts on menus
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Calorie counts eliminate ability of restaurants to be spontaneous.
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CON
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Mandatory calorie counts on menus
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Calories on menus empower consumers to make healthier choices
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PRO
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Mandatory calorie counts on menus
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Calorie counts will be ignored by some, but help others
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PRO
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Manned mission to Mars
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Weight of supplies for long Mars trip is impractical.
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CON
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Manned mission to Mars
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A manned mission to Mars would unify humankind
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PRO
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Manned mission to Mars
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Mars mission would inspire kids to become scientists
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PRO
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Colonization of the Moon
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Moon's gravity is too low for human health
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CON
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Colonization of the Moon
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Temperature extremes make colonizing the Moon very challenging.
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CON
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Colonization of the Moon
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Territorial claims on the Moon will become a source of conflict.
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CON
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Colonization of the Moon
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Moonbase would be ideal staging area for space exploration
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PRO
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Colonization of the Moon
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Moonbase advances knowledge of human viability on alien planets.
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PRO
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Colonization of the Moon
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Moonbase will help answer remaining scientific questions
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PRO
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Mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods
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Arbitrary labeling rules do not offer any real choice
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CON
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Mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods
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Labeling of genetically modified foods increases food prices.
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CON
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Mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods
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Different GM labeling standards across countries is a problem
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CON
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Mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods
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Labeling respects opinion of those not wanting to consume GM foods.
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PRO
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Mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods
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It is good for labeling to turn consumers off to GM foods.
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PRO
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Legality of coca production and consumption
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Coca chewing is bad for human health.
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CON
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Legality of coca production and consumption
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Allowing coca undermines successful eradication efforts.
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CON
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Filibuster
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Filibuster wrongly burdens majority party
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CON
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Filibuster
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During turmoil, filibusters impede government progress
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CON
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Filibuster
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The filibuster helps protect the will of the minority
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PRO
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Criminalization of Holocaust denial
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Outlawing Holocaust denial risks revisionists being called deniers
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CON
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Criminalization of Holocaust denial
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Holocaust denial psychologically harms Holocaust survivors
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PRO
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Criminalization of Holocaust denial
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Holocaust denial is inherently descriminatory and damaging
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PRO
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Criminalization of Holocaust denial
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Holocaust denial opens doors to harmful, non-factual views
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PRO
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Needle exchanges
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HIV transmission has increased despite needle exchanges
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CON
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Needle exchanges
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Needle exchanges don't save lives; cause drug-related deaths
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CON
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Needle exchanges
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Drug dealers sell drugs near needle exchanges
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CON
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Needle exchanges
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Needle exchanged increase discarded needles on streets
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CON
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Needle exchanges
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Needle exchanges generally degrade community cleanliness.
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CON
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Needle exchanges
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Needle exchanges rightly place harm reduction over all else
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PRO
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Needle exchanges
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Needle exchanges decrease infections and therefore costs
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PRO
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Election of judges
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Elected justices are corruptly influenced by campaign funders
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CON
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Election of judges
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Lawyers may fund judge campaigns to influence trials
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CON
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Election of judges
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Impossible to avoid big-money influence in judicial elections
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CON
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Election of judges
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Elections make judges more democratically accountable
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PRO
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Election of judges
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Elected judges are more in tune with public opinion
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PRO
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Test ban ties hands of good states, while rogue states ignore it
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CON
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Fear will cause nuclear proliferation, despite testing ban.
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CON
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Warheads and deterrence cannot be maintained without testing
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CON
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Test ban halts R&D and development of nuclear weapons
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PRO
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Test ban would help combat growing nuclear threats
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PRO
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Improved monitoring from test ban provides important information
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PRO
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
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Nuclear test ban reduces risks of nuclear fallout
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PRO
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Israeli settlements
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Israeli settlements impede creation of Palestinian state
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CON
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Israeli settlements
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Settlements create separate/unequal laws for Israelis/Palestinians
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CON
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Israeli settlements
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Settlements undercut Palestinian rights to land
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CON
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Israeli settlements
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Israeli settlements do not impede creation of Palestine
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PRO
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Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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A two-state solution makes Israel too narrow, vulnerable.
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CON
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Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Israel loses strategic West Bank mountains in two-state solution
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CON
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Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Two-state solution offers peace, the most important factor
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PRO
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Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Two-state solution offers adequate territory to Palestinians
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PRO
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Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Two-state solution and peace is critical to regional stability.
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PRO
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Merit pay for teachers
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Merit pay focuses teachers on measures over their passion
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CON
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Merit pay for teachers
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Merit pay punishes teachers assigned to bad students
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CON
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Merit pay for teachers
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Past examples of merit pay for teachers have failed
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CON
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Merit pay for teachers
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Merit pay gives teachers an incentive to work harder
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PRO
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Merit pay for teachers
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Merit-pay helps attract teachers where there are shortages
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PRO
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Merit pay for teachers
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Merit pay works in markets, can work for teachers
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PRO
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Enhanced interrogation techniques
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Enhanced techniques hamper work with allies against terrorism.
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CON
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Is a nuclear Iran intolerable?
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Military strikes on Iran would invite painful retaliation
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CON
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Earmarks
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Earmarks are often unrelated to legislation; holds up bill.
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CON
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Earmarks
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Earmarks create unsustainable institutional dependencies
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CON
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Free public transportation
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Car sales would drop significantly.
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CON
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Free public transportation
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There are many people who would also lose their jobs.
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CON
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Free public transportation
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Some public transport cities are already terrible; this would just increase the strain.
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CON
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Free public transportation
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The government would be forced to improve public transport.
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PRO
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Free public transportation
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A lot of people would already be using it if it didn't cost so much.
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PRO
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Education vouchers
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Vouchers damage public schools that can't compete with private schools.
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CON
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Education vouchers
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Profit motive of private schools is costly, undermining vouchers.
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CON
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Education vouchers
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Vouchers drain talent from public schools, undermining competitiveness.
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CON
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Education vouchers
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Vouchers improve choice/access despite private school right to deny
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PRO
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Education vouchers
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Education vouchers improve minority academic achievement.
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PRO
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Education vouchers
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Vouchers promote innovation and specialisation.
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PRO
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No Child Left Behind Act
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NCLB sets overly restrictive qualifications for teaching.
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CON
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No Child Left Behind Act
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No Child Left Behind subjects disabled to same test standards.
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CON
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No Child Left Behind Act
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No Child Left Behind effectively penalizes diversity in schools.
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CON
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No Child Left Behind Act
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No Child Left Behind offers valuable measure of student progress
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PRO
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No Child Left Behind Act
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NCLB has succeeded in improving test scores
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PRO
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No Child Left Behind Act
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Standardized tests ensures students learn essential information.
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PRO
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