SAMPLE Pre-announced topics:
The US should substantially increase gas taxes.
The Bear Stearns bailout does more harm than good.
The gray wolf should be a federally protected species. (pre-announced
The US should have a national identification card.
Twitter does more good than harm.
Statehood for Puerto Rico!
Smart Nation Singapore will do more harm than good.
Remove public monuments of slave-holding Founding Fathers!
The 2017 Federal Reserve interest rate hikes will do more harm than good.
The US should leave NATO.
Eliminate supermajority voting in the US Congress!
The US should significantly increase sanctions on Russia.
The US should not maintain a missile defense for South Korea and Japan.
The US should establish a legal right to sleep in public.
The US should adopt a national retail sales tax.
Reverse mortgages do more harm than good.
The US should adopt sortition for the US Congress.
SAMPLE Impromptu topics:
School should be year-round.
It is unethical to eat meat.
The US government should use political assassination to protect national security.
The United States should boycott the Beijing Olympics.
‘Reality television’ does more good than harm.
Drones are morally superior to other weapons and tactics.
Technology will destroy more jobs than it will produce.
The US should establish a living wage for workers.
To protect national security, it is better to spend on domestic infrastructure priorities than defense.
It is unethical to use animals for display or entertainment.
Employees should be required to participate in worksite wellness programs.
On balance, social networking media are an effective tool of social and political advocacy.
Citizenship should be a privilege, not a right.
In this case, it is acceptable to punish the innocent to prosecute the guilty.
