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Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010
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Financial reform will make derivatives market transparent
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PRO
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Greece bailout
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Greece bailout adds to debt, does more harm than good
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CON
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Greece bailout
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Default would devastate Greek and global economies
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PRO
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Greece bailout
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Greek bailout avoids a second global economic crisis
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PRO
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Greece bailout
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Bailout of Greece will help prevent contagion
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PRO
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Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty)
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Landmines can protect peacekeepers.
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CON
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Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty)
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Landmines kill soldiers and limit mobility of military planting them
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PRO
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Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty)
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Deploying smart mines encourages the use of all mines
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PRO
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Graduated response antipiracy laws
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Graduated response could shut down public Internet hubs
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CON
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Graduated response antipiracy laws
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Governments will use ISPs to catch more than pirates
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CON
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Graduated response antipiracy laws
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Three strikes has hard time determining offending user
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CON
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Graduated response antipiracy laws
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Enforcing graduated response will be very expensive
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CON
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Graduated response antipiracy laws
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Graduated response helps avoid litigating against consumers.
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PRO
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Graduated response antipiracy laws
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Graduated response helps maintain user privacy
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PRO
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Network neutrality
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Network neutrality damages competition and niche suppliers
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CON
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Network neutrality
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Net Neutrality may restrict value-added services
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CON
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Network neutrality
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W/o Net Neutrality, price discrimination risks stifling start-ups
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PRO
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Network neutrality
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Net neutrality may not be good for ISPs, but good overall.
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PRO
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Constitutionality of US health insurance mandates
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Mandates create cartel of govt-supported insurance companies
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CON
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Constitutionality of US health insurance mandates
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Enforcing mandates may intrude on Constitutional rights
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CON
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Constitutionality of US health insurance mandates
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Congress can't regulate behavior indirectly impacting commerce
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CON
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Constitutionality of US health insurance mandates
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Insurance mandates set dangerous precedent for federal power
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CON
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US debt ceiling deal
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Debt deal doesn't cut spending enough to solve deficit
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CON
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US debt ceiling deal
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Tax deal was win for wealthiest and their lobbyists.
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CON
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US debt ceiling deal
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Debt deal cuts spending too early for recovery
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CON
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US debt ceiling deal
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Debt deal avoids a disastrous default.
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PRO
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US debt ceiling deal
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Debt deal makes needed cuts to military budgets.
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PRO
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US offshore oil drilling
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US offshore drilling would hardly lower global oil prices
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CON
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US offshore oil drilling
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Greater conservation is more important than offshore oil drilling
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CON
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US offshore oil drilling
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Noise from offshore drilling can harm sea animals
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CON
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US offshore oil drilling
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Offshore oil exploration could result in a major find
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PRO
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US offshore oil drilling
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Offshore drilling is very valuable to the US economy
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PRO
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Google decision to stop censoring results in China
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Google out of China reduces access to free/fair info.
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CON
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Google decision to stop censoring results in China
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Google pressuring China on censorship emboldens hard-liners
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CON
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Google decision to stop censoring results in China
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Google's departure from China sends message for free speech
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PRO
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War on Drugs
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Costs of Drug War are greater than costs of legalization
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CON
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War on Drugs
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War on Drugs worsens cartel violence
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CON
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War on Drugs
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War on drugs keeps drug trade profitable, lures children in
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CON
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War on Drugs
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Legalizing drugs would improve quality control
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CON
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War on Drugs
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War on Drugs helps hold down usage
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PRO
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War on Drugs
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The state is justified in protecting society from drug-users
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PRO
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Gay marriage
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Gay marriage undercuts procreation at time of vulnerability
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CON
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Gay marriage
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Gay marriage threatens cultural tradition of marriage
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CON
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Gay marriage
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Benefits for gays are much better when in marriage
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PRO
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Corporate personhood
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Corporate personhood favors corporate interests
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CON
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Corporate personhood
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Corporate personhood enables multinational corporations, global stability.
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PRO
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Corporate personhood
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With rights companies can enter into contracts, lawsuits
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PRO
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Corporate personhood
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Corporate personhood protects businesses from discrimination
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PRO
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Corporate free speech
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More spending in elections undermines public confidence
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CON
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Corporate free speech
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Corp. spending limits infringe free speech in assoc.
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PRO
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Corporate free speech
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Unlimited spending lets candidates focus on message over fundraising.
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PRO
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Big government
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Small government encourages self-reliance
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CON
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Big government
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Big govt impedes on and weakens local associations
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CON
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Big government
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Govt bureaucrats pursue more power to advance careers.
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CON
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Big government
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Big government fosters harmful entitlement culture
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CON
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Big government
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Big government invites corporate special interests
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CON
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Big government
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Big govt is individuals working to meet collective needs
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PRO
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Big government
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Small government produces less healthy societies
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PRO
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Big government
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Big government helps stimulate economic growth
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PRO
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Big government
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European-style big governments foster more stable societies
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PRO
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College football playoffs
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Playoffs would be unfair to some college football teams
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CON
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College football playoffs
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Football playoffs would not make traveling fans happy
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CON
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College football playoffs
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Football players miss fewest classes; playoffs OK
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PRO
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College football playoffs
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Playoffs maintain importance of regular season
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PRO
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2010 US bank tax
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2010 bank tax will raise less revenue due to evasion
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CON
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2010 US bank tax
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Bank tax is too small to impact deficit
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CON
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2010 US bank tax
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2010 US bank tax will kill jobs created/fostered by banks
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CON
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2010 US bank tax
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Bank tax recoups taxpayer bailout of banks
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PRO
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2010 US bank tax
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Bank tax compensates for damage done by banks
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PRO
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2010 US bank tax
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Bank tax will help reduce large US deficit
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PRO
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Full-body scanners at airports
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Full-body scanners will slow airport security check-points.
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CON
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Full-body scanners at airports
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Body scans will make many children and parents uncomfortable.
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CON
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Full-body scanners at airports
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Scanners help reveal hidden weapons and bombs
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PRO
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Full-body scanners at airports
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Full-body scans more effectively reveal concealed weapons.
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PRO
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US health care reform
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Government-approved insurers of US health care law limits competition
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CON
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US health care reform
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2009 US health care bill does not cut costs
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CON
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US health care reform
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Health care bill would insure 30m Americans
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PRO
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US health care reform
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US health care law ends pre-existing conditions discrimination
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PRO
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Direct democracy
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Direct democracy fosters emotional decision-making.
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CON
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Direct democracy
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Direct democracy lacks accountability of decision-making
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CON
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Direct democracy
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Direct democracy dulls politicians' sense of responsibility
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CON
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Direct democracy
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Direct democracy creates risk of corrupt recall efforts.
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CON
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Direct democracy
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Direct democracy avoids appointment of unaccountable officials.
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PRO
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Direct democracy
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Direct democracy generally reduces the risks of corruption.
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PRO
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Affirmative action
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Affirm action mismatches bad students with difficult classes
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CON
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Affirmative action
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Affirmative action promotes mediocrity by undermining meritocracy.
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CON
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Affirmative action
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Affirm action fills key jobs with less productive individuals.
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CON
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Affirmative action
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Affirmative action wrongly takes from one group to give to another
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CON
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Affirmative action
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Affirmative action is only way to level playing field
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PRO
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Affirmative action
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Affirmative action makes race only a small plus for candidates
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PRO
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EU elected president
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Electing a President increases the power a single individual can hold.
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CON
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EU elected president
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An EU president cannot hold such a complicated system to account.
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CON
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EU elected president
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Elections would force EU politicians to act as populists.
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CON
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EU elected president
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A government controlled by a single person would increase transparency.
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PRO
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EU elected president
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Electing an EU president directly will increase accountability.
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PRO
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EU elected president
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An elected president would make the EU more functional.
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PRO
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Trying 9/11 terror suspects in NYC courts
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Trying terrorists in NY requires costly security
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CON
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Trying 9/11 terror suspects in NYC courts
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Trying terrorists in NYC grants them their wish
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CON
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Trying 9/11 terror suspects in NYC courts
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Terrorist suspects are particularly dangerous to guards
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CON
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Trying 9/11 terror suspects in NYC courts
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Terrorist trial in NY gives appearance of US weakness
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CON
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