Poverty

Debate Central does not necessarily endorse the views or authors presented in these cards.  For Debate Central's view on the topic read our  Poverty Topic Overview. 

Fiscal Discipline DA

This file includes a negative fiscal discipline disadvantage and affirmative answers.

States Counterplan and Federalism DA

This file includes a states counterplan which has the 50 states adopt the mandates of the affirmative plan to solve the case and a federalism disadvantage which argues the plan will upset the balance of power between the states and the federal government.  The file also includes affirmative answers to the counterplan and disadvantage.

Community Health Centers

Download this file for affirmative and negative evidence on Community Health Centers.

Medicaid 

This file contains affirmative and negative evidence on Medicaid for the poverty topic.

Taxpayer Choice

Use this file to build a taxpayer choice case.

Oil 2.0

This 50 page file will help affirmative and negative debaters win debates on oil.  Chris provides cards on the in-depth discussions on the oil market that occur at the end of the year. 

Welfare Negative

Negatives can use this file against affirmative cases that expand welfare payments.

Oil

This file will help you in debates on the energy topic

Nuclear Energy

This file contains both affirmative and negative cards on nuclear energy.

Blackouts

This disadvantage argues that certain types of electrical power generation will make grid management much more difficult. This will lead to more blackouts and other disruptions causing the economy to suffer significantly.

States and Federalism by the Comet Debate Institute

This file includes a states counterplan and affirmative answers.

Global Warming by the Comet Debate Institute

This file will be very useful to debaters this year and includes cards arguing that global warming is good and global warming is bad.

RPS Affirmative by the Comet Debate Institute

Follow the link to a renewable portfolio standards affirmative case.

RPS Competitiveness Advantage by the Comet Debate Institute

Use this competitiveness advantage with the RPS affirmative posted above.

Energy Topicality by the Comet Debate Institute

This file will help you in topicality debate.

Carbon Tax Affirmative by Chris Burk

This 100 page file includes a 1AC and extensions!

Energy Topicality by the University of Richmond National Debate Institute

The University of Richmond donated this file to help you begin your research on the new topic!

Peak Oil Answers by Chris Burk

This file will help you on the 2008-2009 Energy topic!

Older Files

Trade Bad by Chris Burk

This file is useful in two major ways.  First, it provides direct answers to many arguments found in the Trade Counterplan available from debate-central during the Fall 2007 semester. Second, it provides impact arguments against ‘free trade' and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Aid Trade-Off Disadvantage by Chris Burk

Debaters can argue that aid to Africa will trade-off with aid to Pakistan with this file.

Soft Power by Chris Burk

This is a useful argument for affirmative teams debating agent counterplans.  Only U.S. action can boost U.S. soft power.

Free Trade Counterplan 1.0 by Chris Burk

This counterplan will help negative teams argue that the United States should enact policies to facilitate more trade with Sub-Saharan Africa.