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It's a rough week for the politics disadvantage. Updates include the payroll tax cut, mortgage bill, line-item veto and a start for an elections disadvantage.

The parameters of a payroll tax cut extension have been agreed upon, but if they don't manage to pass it tomorrow, you might still have a disadvantage on your hands if you can win a strong link. Some folks still seem worried it could be derailed at the last minute.

Continuing series include small updates to the mortgage bill, which is a tough battle but contains a good debate about its relationship to the economy.

As the election nears, agenda disadvantages will be difficult to win and you'll see many teams fall back on the elections disadvantage. I've included a "Romney Bad" scenario that relies on him merely attempting to overturn Obamacare.

Chris Crowe is a debate coach for the University of Texas at San Antonio and Westwood High School. He has qualified multiple high school teams to the Tournament of Champions and top 20 finishes at NFL Nationals. His college debaters have cleared at every major national tournament, including CEDA Nationals and the NDT. Chris is a highly preferred critic, judging the final round of CEDA and the NDT the past two years. Chris was the 2006 CEDA Debater of the Year.

Table Of Contents

General................................................................................................................................. 3
Link Uniqueness................................................................................................................ 4
Link Uniqueness................................................................................................................ 5
Aff: General Non-Uniques.................................................................................................. 6
Line-Item Veto...................................................................................................................... 7
Line-Item 1NC.................................................................................................................... 8
Will Pass – Push............................................................................................................... 12
Won’t Pass – No Agenda.................................................................................................. 13
AT: Supreme Court Overturn............................................................................................ 14
Mortgage Bill....................................................................................................................... 15
Mortgage Bill 1NC............................................................................................................ 16
Will Pass – Pol Cap........................................................................................................... 19
Will Pass – Top Priority.................................................................................................... 20
AT: Bank Fee Derails........................................................................................................ 21
Won’t Pass – Bank Tax..................................................................................................... 22
Won’t Pass – Multiwarrant.............................................................................................. 23
Won’t Pass – Unpopular.................................................................................................. 24
Mortgage Bill Solves – Housing Crisis............................................................................... 27
Mortgage Bill Solves – Voluntary Measures Fail............................................................... 28
Mortgage Bill Fails – FHA.................................................................................................. 30
Mortgage Bill Fails – Backfire/Tradeoff............................................................................. 32
Mortgage Bill Fails – Underwater Loans........................................................................... 33
Aff: No Mortgage Crisis..................................................................................................... 34
PTC...................................................................................................................................... 35
Will Pass – Tentative....................................................................................................... 36
Will Pass – Pol Cap Key.................................................................................................... 39
AT: U overwhelms Link..................................................................................................... 41
Aff – Votes Ideological...................................................................................................... 42
Budget................................................................................................................................ 43
Won’t Pass – Too Early..................................................................................................... 44
Elections............................................................................................................................. 45
Elections 1NC – Romney Bad (Health Care)....................................................................... 46
U: Obama Wins – Economy............................................................................................... 53
U: Obama Wins – Economy & Independents..................................................................... 54
U: Obama Wins – FY13 Budget.......................................................................................... 55
U: Obama Wins – Public Support...................................................................................... 57
U: Obama Wins – PTC....................................................................................................... 58
U: Romney Wins – Nomination......................................................................................... 60
U: Romney Wins – Super PACs.......................................................................................... 61
Econ Message K/T Election............................................................................................... 62
AT: Public Popularity Link Turns....................................................................................... 66
Romney Win Repeals Health Care................................................................................... 67
GOP Win = Iran Strikes..................................................................................................... 70

It is another election year and the twenty year old campaign slogan "It's all about the economy, stupid," pretty much sums up politics right now. This week's Thursday File brings you FOUR different economy related politics DAs. Find out more about the file, table of contents, and author below.

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Obama began a major new push for a bill starting with the state of the union, for a new mortgage plan. This bill deals with the economy and a campaign appeal to voters. Payroll tax cuts is on its last legs either way and you should expect this DA to be the DA of the future, get a head start by working on it now. This DA probably has a much better internal link to the economy than payroll tax cuts.

Obama also pushed a line-item veto bill back in 2010, but with the new congressional session this idea has gotten new life. This DA reduces the deficit and would let you leverage all your spending type DAs and impacts, but without having to win a direct spending link to the AFF.

Payroll tax cuts is still is a big deal and this file updates both affirmative and negative cards for the most popular DA right now.

Russia recently got into the WTO, but the US has a law called Jackson-Vanik blocking certain trade with them in conflict with the WTO. Obama is pushing this issue hard and he is tying the trade aspect to his jobs agenda. This DA has the most diverse impacts of the bunch because of the foreign policy aspect.

Finally, this file contains a major section on economy updates and impacts to strengthen the core theme of this file.


Ross Garrett is an assistant coach for New Trier his teams bid at Blake and have cleared at St. Mark's, Michigan, Glennbrooks, OVI and many other tournaments this season. Additionally as an assistant coach for Samford his teams have cleared at GSU, Kentucky, USC and Wake Forest, and were octofinalists at the NDT and have been ranked throughout the season in the top 25 coaches poll. He was an assistant debate coach at Mountain Brook High School and an instructor at the Spartan, Samford and Liberty Debate Institutes.. His Mountain Brook teams cleared at the TOC, took 3rd at NFL nationals, won the Barkley Forum at Emory, received top speaker at Blake, and bid at every major tournament.

Table of Contents

Mortgage Bill 4
Mortgage Bill 1NC Shell 5
Royal ‘10. 6
Mortgage Bill—Capital Key. 8
Mortgage Bill—Public Popularity Internal Link. 9
Mortgage Bill—Does Solve Economy. 10
Mortgage Bill—AT: No One Will Refinance. 11
Mortgage Bill—AT: Obama Not Pushing. 12
Line-Item Veto. 13
Line Item Veto 1NC. 14
Royal ‘10. 15
Line Item—Will Pass/Capital Key. 17
Line Item—AT: Obama Won’t Push. 18
Line Item—Deficits Kills Econ. 19
Economy Impacts. 21
Econ Extinction Impact. 22
Econ Solves Nuclear Accidents/Accidental Launch. 23
Economic Decline Causes African Conflict. 24
Economic Decline Hurts Biodiversity. 25
Economic Decline Causes China War. 26
Econ Turns Terrorism.. 27
Econ Turns Hegemony. 28
Payroll Tax Cuts. 29
Payroll Tax Cuts—Key to the Economy. 30
Payroll Tax Cuts—Will Pass. 31
Economy Uniqueness. 32
Econ Uniqueness—Econ Ok Now.. 33
Econ Uniqueness—Econ Down Now.. 34
Jackson Vanik Scenario. 35
Jackson-Vanik—1NC Shell 36
Jackson-Vanik—2NC Impact Overview.. 39
Jackson-Vanik—Uniqueness Extensions—Will Pass. 41
Jackson-Vanik—Uniqueness—Obama pushing. 43
Jackson-Vanik—AT: Relations Resilient. 45
Jackson-Vanik—AT: Only Jobs Related Items Will Pass. 48
Jackson-Vanik—AT: No Political Capital Internal Link. 49
AFF Cards. 50
Mortgage Bill—Won’t Pass. 51
Mortgage Bill—Doesn’t Solve Econ. 52
Payroll Tax Cuts—Don’t Solve Economy. 53
Payroll Tax Cuts—Won’t Pass. 56
Jackson Vanik—No Impact to Trade. 57
Jackson Vanik—Relations High/Resiliant. 58
Payroll Tax Backfile. 59
Payroll Tax—Will Pass. 60
Payroll Tax—Will Pass—AT: Unemployment Benefits. 61
Payroll Tax—Won’t Pass. 62
Payroll Tax—Won’t Pass—Unemployment. 63
Payroll Tax—Some Deal Is Inevitable. 64
Payroll DA – 1NC. 65
Payroll DA – 1NC. 66
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – China. 68
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Credibility. 69
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Hegemony. 70
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Space. 71
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Warming. 72
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – 2NC/1NR EXTN.. 73
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – 2NC/1NR EXTN.. 75
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – 2NC/1NR EXTN.. 77
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – A2: Political Capital Low.. 78
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – A2: Thumpers. 79
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – A2: Thumpers – Keystone. 80
Payroll DA – Impact – Obama Election – Iran Strikes. 82
Payroll DA – Impact – Obama Election – Warming. 83
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 84
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 85
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 86
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 87
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – A2 – Social Security. 88
Payroll DA – Impact – Recession – EXTN.. 89
Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 11. 89
Payroll DA – Impact – A2: Economy Resilient. 90
Payroll DA – Impact – A2: US Not Key to Global 91
*****AFF Answers*****. 93
Payroll DA Answers – Won’t Pass 2AC. 94
Payroll DA Answers – Won’t Pass 1AR EXTN.. 95
Payroll DA Answers – Won’t Pass 1AR EXTN.. 96
Payroll DA Answers – GOP Unity – Low Now.. 97
Payroll DA Answers – Cordray Thumper. 98
Payroll DA Answers – Keystone Thumper. 99
Payroll DA Answers – Keystone Thumper EXTN.. 100
Payroll DA Answers – Solyndra Thumper. 101
Payroll DA Answers – Economy MPX Answers. 102

This file is a small update for the payroll tax DA, at a discounted price. Payroll taxes must be passed by February 29th, so they are the main agenda item, additionally this week a conference committee began meeting to resolve issues. This file brings you updated uniqueness on both sides of the debate.

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Ross Garrett is an assistant coach for New Trier his teams bid at Blake and have cleared at St. Mark's, Michigan, Glennbrooks, OVI and many other tournaments this season. Additionally as an assistant coach for Samford his teams have cleared at GSU, Kentucky, USC and Wake Forest, and were octofinalists at the NDT and have been ranked throughout the season in the top 25 coaches poll. He was an assistant debate coach at Mountain Brook High School and an instructor at the Spartan, Samford and Liberty Debate Institutes.. His Mountain Brook teams cleared at the TOC, took 3rd at NFL nationals, won the Barkley Forum at Emory, received top speaker at Blake, and bid at every major tournament.

New Payroll Tax Evidence. 3
Payroll Tax—Will Pass. 4
Payroll Tax—Will Pass—AT: Unemployment Benefits. 5
Payroll Tax—Won’t Pass. 6
Payroll Tax—Won’t Pass—Unemployment. 7
Payroll Tax—Some Deal Is Inevitable. 8
Payroll Tax Backfile. 9
Payroll DA – 1NC. 10
Payroll DA – 1NC. 11
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – China. 13
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Credibility. 14
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Hegemony. 15
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Space. 16
Payroll DA – 2NC/1NR Overview – Turns Case – Warming. 17
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – 2NC/1NR EXTN.. 18
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – 2NC/1NR EXTN.. 20
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – 2NC/1NR EXTN.. 22
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – A2: Political Capital Low.. 23
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – A2: Thumpers. 24
Payroll DA – Uniqueness – A2: Thumpers – Keystone. 25
Payroll DA – Impact – Obama Election – Iran Strikes. 27
Payroll DA – Impact – Obama Election – Warming. 28
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 29
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 30
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 31
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – 2NC/1NR Wall 32
Weller, writer for the New Republic, 11. 32
Payroll DA – Impact – Solves Economy – A2 – Social Security. 33
Payroll DA – Impact – Recession – EXTN.. 34
Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 11. 34
Payroll DA – Impact – A2: Economy Resilient. 35
Payroll DA – Impact – A2: US Not Key to Global 36
*****AFF Answers*****. 38
Payroll DA Answers – Won’t Pass 2AC. 39
Payroll DA Answers – Won’t Pass 1AR EXTN.. 40
Payroll DA Answers – Won’t Pass 1AR EXTN.. 41
Payroll DA Answers – GOP Unity – Low Now.. 42
Payroll DA Answers – Cordray Thumper. 43
Payroll DA Answers – Keystone Thumper. 44
Payroll DA Answers – Keystone Thumper EXTN.. 45
Payroll DA Answers – Solyndra Thumper. 46
Payroll DA Answers – Economy MPX Answers. 47
Bartlett, held senior policy roles in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, 11. 47