2012-13 Policy Debate

Topic Discussion

Transportation Infrastructure

National Case Distribution

Instances of Affirmative Cases Nationally0

5

10

15

20

25

30KritikNIBPort DeepenHSRNextGenInland WaterPort SecBeringCCSShort Sea

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?