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Resolved: On balance, government employee labor unions have a positive impact on the United States.

Even though most of the evidence out there regarding lobbying and the health care debate centers around the influence of big corporations, it turns out there is a tremendous amount of money being spent on the other side as well. From a recent NY Times article written by Katharine Seelye…

“Those who favored an overhaul spent more on advertising than those who opposed it — $99.5 million compared with $85 million, Mr. Tracey said. (The rest was spent on peripheral issues in the health care debate without advocating for or against the overall effort.)”

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If you haven’t noticed, I enjoy finding the cheesiest pictures possible for my posts.

Resolved: Affirmative action to promote equal opportunity in the United States is justified.

Description of Affirmative Action
Origins of Affirmative Action

This is a pretty interesting choice considering affirmative actions hasn’t exactly been a hot topic in the news. Then again, neither are a lot of NFL Public Forum debate topics.

I imagine the idea surrounding the topic was to indirectly bring up the ‘race’ debate about whether or not we are a post-racial country since the election of Obama.