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Debate: Democrats vs. Republicans
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- Argument: Republicans have discipline and authority of football coaches
- Argument: Dems believe in ensuring equal opportunity through social programs
- Argument: Democrats have a better record of balancing budgets
- Argument: Progressives combat anti-competitive concentration of capital
- Argument: Progressives promote wealth "recirculation", not "redistribution"
- Argument: Dems focus on increasing wages, creating better consumers
- Argument: Democrats have accomplished more when in power
- Argument: Dems focus on regulating businesses, protecting consumers
- Argument: Republicans believe in power of individual over govt
- Argument: Republican believe in aggressively eliminating threats abroad
- Argument: Reps believe govt should only do things citizens/comps can't
- Argument: Republicans believe govt most effective when decentralized
- Argument: Republicans believe in equality of opportunity, not outcomes
- Argument: Republicans have accomplished more while in power
- Argument: Republicans believe the best govt governs the least
- Argument: Republicans are too suspicious and critical of government
- Argument: Govt is often only thing big enough to take on biggest challenges
- Argument: Robust government has been an amazing force for good
- Argument: Difference between disliking party policies and govt
- Argument: Difference between disliking waste and disliking government
- Argument: Government waste is much smaller than Republicans allege
- Argument: Republican de-regulation jeopardizes citizens and consumers
- Argument: Govt cuts cause layoffs, degraded bridges, closed libraries etc
- Argument: Government programs are more popular than Republicans allege
- Argument: Republicans radically advocate eliminating key regs, progs, depts
- Argument: Republicans tend to ground their morality on religion
- Argument: Republicans believe fairness comes from unregulated competition
- Argument: Republicans want to tax all people equally/fairly
- Argument: Dems are optimistic about progress as a society
- Argument: Democrats are liberal on morality; oppose governing it
- Argument: Republicans more concerned with govt overseeing morality
- Argument: Govt makes longer-term investments than free markets
- Argument: Dems believe in bigger govt at federal and state level
- Argument: Democrats believe public good is paramount
- Argument: Republicans believe individual rights are paramount
- Argument: Republicans lack compassion for the disadvantaged
- Argument: Democrats like to help the most disadvantaged among us
- Argument: Democrats focus more on improving and developing cities
- Argument: Republicans believe in helping others by ending dependence on govt
- Argument: Republicans believe relying on govt is generally deplorable
- Argument: Republicans favor those seeking wealth without govt help
- Argument: Dems just as good as Reps historically on low taxes
- Argument: Republicans want people to keep more of money they earn
- Argument: Progressive tax is most fair; based on ability to pay
- Argument: Liberals favor large federal government over state govt
- Argument: Republicans believe constitution guarantees greater state power
