solvency - stock issue in policy debate 2013
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Spencer Field Fall 2013
Defining
Finding
Developing
Life
Will it work?
Debate
Do the mandates fix
the harms and bring
about the
advantages?
Better meet the
goals?
SQ
Solvent
Solvent
Adv
Harms
Goals
“Solvency: one of four stock issues in policy debate. It argues the ability of a plan to work and to solve or significantly reduce the harm(s) identified by the affirmative.”
Defining
O
r.
“The affirmative plan must successfully solve or at least reduce in a significant manner the problems the affirmative presents or the affirmative s identification of a problem is useless. The negative can attack this issue both by showing that the plan will not solve the harms sufficiently, or that it simply cannot be enacted as stated by the affirmative.”
Defining
Funding
Who: Agency
Enforcement
What, where and when: Mandates
Defining
Internal
Will the planks
bring about the
desired result?
Theoretical
No outside factors
Examples?
External
External forces
preventing fix
External factors
Examples?
Yes
Congress
President
Federal agencies
No
States
Courts
Other countries
International
organizations
Treaties
Finding
l. Definitions
II. Harms
1. Main point
2. Main point
III. Plan (in any order)
Agency
Mandates
Funding
Enforcement
Addendum (optional)
IV. Advantage(s)
Finding
l. Definitions
II. Harms Need to solve/reduce in some measure.
1. Main point
2. Main point
III. Plan (in any order)
Agency
Mandates
Funding
Enforcement
Addendum (optional)
IV. Advantage(s) Need to bring about in some
measure.
Finding
I. Definitions
II. Goals of SQ.
lll. Plan (in any order)
Agency
Mandates
Funding
Enforcement
Addendum (optional)
IV. Advantage(s)
Finding
I. Definitions
II. Goals of SQ. Need to better meet
lll. Plan (in any order)
Agency
Mandates
Funding
Enforcement
Addendum (optional)
IV. Advantage(s) Need to bring about in some form
Finding
l. Definitions
II. Important Goal Of SQ
III. Harms
1. Main point
2. Main point
IV. Criteria (weighing mechanism)
V. Plan (in any order)
Agency
Mandates
Funding
Enforcement
Addendum (optional)
Vl. Advantages
Finding
l. Definitions
II. Important Goal Of SQ – meeting better
III. Harms Solve criteria
1. Main point
2. Main point
IV. Criteria (weighing mechanism) - meeting criteria
V. Plan (in any order)
Agency
Mandates
Funding
Enforcement
Addendum (optional)
Vl. Advantages - bringing about
Developing
Evidence
Why
Specifics
Use Qualifiers
Entire case
Specific facet
Not just general idea
Logic
1. Claim
2. Data
3 Warrant
4. Backing
5. Qualification
Negative
1NC
Common
Affirmative
Qualifiers
Don’t state in past
tense
o Food prices have
been to high,
Don’t state fact
o Subsidies are un-
constitutional.
