April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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common ownership of property. Communism is a system of government where all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state‚ founded by Karl Marx‚ with the main goal of having equality. Communism has its pros and cons‚ but i would say that the cons outweigh the pros in this situation. Some of the concepts of communism can be good and bad all at once. Even though these are things that a communist society supposedly follows‚ some countries tend not to abide by them to the fullest. For
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Social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook are very popular around the world with an average of 270 million members aggregate that mostly consist of teenagers and young adults. The members of MySpace and Facebook create personal profiles to keep in contact with friends‚ to share photos also to share music. MySpace and Facebook have earned millions of dollars however negative publicity since their success has pinpointed the dangers of sexual predators‚ cyber-bullying and even inappropriate
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safe as possible but effective as well. “The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 732‚000 American children were saved from death and 322 million cases of childhood illnesses were prevented between 1994 and 2014 due to vaccination” (Pros and Cons‚ 2016). Some vaccinations have completely eradicated fatal and contagious diseases such as polio and smallpox. By being vaccinated children are less likely to develop certain diseases and illnesses that could be potentially fatal or debilitating
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Universal Healthcare: The Pros and Cons On March 23‚ 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed by President Obama‚ raising the question for many of whether this new law was going to be more helpful or hurtful. With universal healthcare‚ healthcare coverage would be increased tremendously‚ costs would be reduced‚ jobs would be created‚ and consumers would be protected. Conversely‚ it will also raise taxes and wait times‚ lead to a smaller number of doctors‚ and infringe on
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Now‚ there are protection programs or actions that try and help those animals in danger. Acts such as the AWA (Animal Welfare Act)‚ is a prime example on how we can improve in protection. This group is know for “saving animals” but‚ according to Pros and Cons of Animal Testing‚ “95% of animals are not being protected by the AWA”. This number is so large because it counts the animals that are not involved in any sort of statistic. More programs need to consider the amount of animals involved in animal
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Pros and Cons of Patriot Act The House of Representatives passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 on October 24‚ 2001. This is also known as the USA Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was designed to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (USA Patriot Act‚ 2001). The events of September 11‚ 2001 led to the near unanimous
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The death penalty has pros and cons. Some of the pros of the death penalty are that it frees more space for incoming prisoners‚ therefore we can pay less taxes. The amount of space taken from prisoners who have a life sentence take up to much space and the death penalty would prevent that from happening. The cost of the death penalty is dramatically lower then the cost of the sentence “Life Without Parole” JFA [Justice for All] estimates that life without parole cases will cost $1.2 million-$3.6
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One of the biggest supports yet something that does not really help in the long run for some people is social security there are some things that should change in that system. Social security is any government system that provides help to people with no income. With this system there is some laws in it and is one of the systems that deserves change in the government. In the article "Updating Social Security for the 21st Century: 12 Proposals You Should... - AARP." AARP. this article states some
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confidence intervals The confidence intervals represent upper and lower bounds of variation around each reference forecast. Values may occur outside the confidence intervals due to external shocks‚ such as extreme weather‚ structural changes to the economic system‚ geopolitical events‚ or technology development. The confidence intervals increase in width throughout the forecast period due to the increasing level of uncertainty in each subsequent year. The upper and lower bounds were based
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