Policy Debate Topic Discussion Transportation Infrastructure
National Case Distribution
What is being debated? National Argument list currently features close to 300 teams Most popular cases are: --National Infrastructure Bank --Port deepening projects --High Speed Rail development
What is being debated? --NexGen transportation system --Inland Waterways --Port security --Bering Strait tunnel --Carbon capture & Storage --Short Sea Transportation
What about kritiks? Focus is on disadvantaged groups --Race/poverty based --Persons with disabilities --Transportation as a means of control --Persons seen as nomads
What about advantage areas? Hegemony National security Foreign relations Climate change Economic impacts
Negative Arguments State counterplans Privatization counterplans Spending Disadvantages Trade-off Disadvantages Can you use your affirmative as a negative argument?