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File Name | S21-LD-Stoa-12-NEG-Economic-Prosperity.docx |
File Size | 63.59 KB |
Date added | October 19, 2020 |
Category | Archived |
Tags | Lincoln-Douglas, Season 21, Stoa |
Author | Zachary Beddingfield |
This case is intended to frame the resolution in a way that supports the negative. It gives a foundation you can use to counter cases arguing that government policy should be stability oriented or that stability-oriented governments have the healthiest growth. This case has two arguments, that the outcome of stability is increased economic growth, and that true stability, inherently impossible, is not needed to achieve economic prosperity.
A benefit of this case is preparing a rhetorical argument that reframes the resolution. If stability is a steppingstone to economic growth, the most effective government policy or outlook is irrelevant. If it passes growth-oriented policy, government is valuing growth as more important. If it passes stability-oriented policy, government is only doing so to boost (a more sustained) economic growth. The affirmative may argue that a conflict must be present, that is that the resolution could only be debated when valuing one side comes at the detriment or disregard of the other, but this resolution does not require a conflict. If shown that the purpose of stability is growth, you’ve disproven the resolution; by default, if stability is a steppingstone to growth, then stability cannot be more important than growth.