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In no particular order these are topics we have used in the past:
*Debaters often clarify or “define” the topic by specifying terms.
- Capitalism is a better economic system than socialism.
- Goldenvoice does more harm than good.
- It is wrong for teachers to go on strike.
- Pluto is a planet.
- The United States should add an excise tax to red meat.
- California should ban dockless electric scooter sharing programs.
- Ant-bullying programs do more harm than good.
- California should keep daylight savings time.
- The Salton Sea is worth saving.
- Schools should ban esports.
- Human genetic engineering is morally wrong.
- Disney does more harm than good.
- Schools should group students by ability rather than age.
- Citizenship is a privilege not a right.
- The US federal government should provide universal childcare.
- Distant learning is better than traditional learning.
- The United States should have compulsory voting.
- Postal ballots do more harm than good.
- Tik Tok should be banned.
- US. cities should defund the police .
- California should not have shut down due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
- Vaping is bad for adults.
- The electoral college system is outdated .
- Domestic surveillance by the NSA is necessary.
- Schools should group students by ability rather than age.
- Mandatory vaccines are constitutional.
- The Pink Tax is justified.
- Middle school students should be required to volunteer.
- The 1619 Project should be the central component of social studies curriculums.
- The United States should re-enter the Paris Climate Accord.
- It should be illegal to cross a street while viewing a mobile electronic device.
- Self driving cars do more harm than good.
- The U.K. should not leave the European Union.
- Puerto Rico should become a state.
- The United States should ban the public display of confederate symbols.
- Bottled water causes more harm than good.
- Domestic surveillance by the NSA is necessary.
- On balance, playing video games does more good than harm.
- The sale of human organs should be legal.
- The risks for artificial intelligence outweighs the rewards.
- The penny should be abolished.
- Teachers should be allowed to carry concealed weapons in school.
- Social networking is good for our society.
- Action on climate change is cheaper than inaction.
- California should abolish the death penalty.
- People should have a right to full online privacy.
- Fortnite is good for kids
- California should split into multiple states.
- Schools should require cameras in classrooms
- The electoral college system is outdated.
- Plastic straws should be banned.
- US Supreme Court Justices should have term limits.
- Zoos do more good than harm.
- The Unites States should close it’s Guantanamo Prison.
- Schools should be year round.
- Palm Desert should allow Drive-Thrus.
- The United States voting age should be lowered to 16.
- Russia is more of an enemy than an ally.
- McDonalds does more harm than good.