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# Should Election Day Be a National Holiday? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Making Election Day a national holiday will disadvantage low-income and blue collar workers.
Federal law doesn’t require private employers to give employees paid federal holidays. A part-time hourly worker is more likely to have multiple ... |
# Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?'
**Argument**
School uniforms may deter crime and increase student safety.
In Long Beach, CA, after two years of a district-wide K-8 mandatory uniform policy, reports of assault and battery in the district’s schools decreased by 34%, assault with a deadly weapon dropped... |
# GMO Pros and Cons - Should Genetically Modified Organisms Be Grown?'
**Argument**
Certain GM crops harm the environment through the increased use of toxic herbicides and pesticides.
An “epidemic of super-weeds” has developed resistance to the herbicides that GM crops were designed to tolerate since herbicide-resist... |
# Should Social Security Be Privatized?'
**Argument**
Private Social Security accounts will undermine the guaranteed retirement income provided by Social Security by putting peoples’ retirement money at the whim of the stock market.
During the 2008 financial crisis, the three main stock market indexes all dropped pre... |
# Should Social Security Be Privatized?'
**Argument**
Private retirement accounts give workers the contractual right to retirement benefits, a right missing from the current Social Security system.
In the 1960 US Supreme Court case Flemming v. Nestor, a retiring legal immigrant eligible for Social Security benefits w... |
# Should People Become Vegetarian?'
**Argument**
Humans are omnivores and have evolved to consume even more meat.
Eating meat has been an essential part of human evolution for 2.3 million years. The inclusion of meat in the ancestral diet provided a dense form of nutrients and protein that, when combined with high-ca... |
# Animal Dissection - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Methods used to supply animals for dissections are bad for the environment and inhumane.
An estimated 99% of animals used in dissections are caught in the wild, a practice that may decrease local populations, lead to an imbalance in the ecosystem, and reduc... |
# Should Teachers Get Tenure?'
**Argument**
The promise of a secure and stable job attracts many teachers to the teaching profession, and eliminating teacher tenure would hamper teacher recruitment.
Starting salaries for teachers are frequently lower than other occupations requiring similar levels of education and tr... |
# Is Obesity a Disease?'
**Argument**
Many obese people live long, healthy lives.
A 2013 Lancet article noted that as many as one third of obese people are “healthy obese,” meaning that despite being significantly overweight they have normal cholesterol and blood pressure levels, and no sign of diabetes. Obese peopl... |
# Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?'
**Argument**
The Second Amendment was intended to protect the right of militias to own guns, not the right of individuals.
Former Justice John Paul Stevens, JD, in his dissenting opinion for District of Columbia et al. v. Heller, wrote, “the Framer’s single-minded focus in ... |
# Is Social Media Good for Society?'
**Argument**
Social media enables cheating on school assignments.
Students in California, New York City, and Houston posted photos of standardized tests to social media sites, allowing students who had not yet taken the tests to see the questions (and potentially find answers) ahe... |
# Is Social Media Good for Society?'
**Argument**
Social media sites empower individuals to make social change and do social good on a community level.
Social media shares popularized nine-year old Scottish student, Martha Payne, and her blog, “Never Seconds,” which exposed the state of her school’s lunch program pro... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
A college degree is no guarantee of workplace benefits.
In 2013, 68.9% of employed new college graduates did not receive health insurance through their employers and, in 2011, 27.2% received retirement coverage (down from 41.5% in 2000).
**Background**
People who arg... |
# Vaping Pros and Cons - 3 Arguments For and Against'
**Argument**
Vaping is a safer way to ingest tobacco.
A UK government report stated that the “best estimates show e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful to your health than normal cigarettes.”
Matthew Carpenter, Co-Director of the Tobacco Research Program at the Holli... |
# Should the Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate Be Raised?'
**Argument**
Raising the corporate income tax rate would force companies to take headquarters and earnings overseas.
In 2017, the United States had the third highest combined federal and local average corporate tax rates in the world at about 39%, behind only... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
The black market and organized crime benefit from marijuana legalization.
Law enforcement says that legal marijuana has actually enhanced opportunities for the black market. Prices charged by state-licensed sellers can easily be undercut by cartels. A drug dea... |
# Was Ronald Reagan a Good President?'
**Argument**
Character:
Reagan’s hands-off leadership style manifested into an inability to control his administration from potentially illegal activities, e.g. the “Iran-Contra” scandal. His “troika,” the nickname given to Chief of Staff James Baker, Deputy Chief of Staff Mich... |
# Was Bill Clinton a Good President?'
**Argument**
Environment:
Clinton passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) despite the fact that it traded lower environmental standards for increased free trade. NAFTA resulted in more air pollution on the US/Mexico border, which experts estimated would cost $15 b... |
# Should Birth Control Pills Be Available Over the Counter (OTC)?'
**Argument**
OTC birth control pills would be more affordable.
Moving the Pill over-the-counter would eliminate the insurance companies as middle-man between women and the Pill, thus making the drugs less expensive.
Jeffrey A Singer, Senior Fellow at... |
# Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?'
**Argument**
Gun control laws such as background checks and micro-stamping are an invasion of privacy.
Background checks would require government databases that keep personal individual information on gun owners, including name, addresses, mental health history, criminal re... |
# Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?'
**Argument**
Private citizens with little or no expert training jeopardize public safety.
Economics PhD student, Anna E. Kyriazis, found that switching from permitted carry to constitutional carry (no-permit carry), “increases the rate of people fatally sh... |
# Is Social Media Good for Society?'
**Argument**
Social media allows for quick, easy dissemination of public health and safety information from reputable sources.
The US military and Department of Veterans Affairs use social media to help prevent suicide. The World Health Organization (WHO) uses social media to “di... |
# Should Churches (Including Mosques, Synagogues, etc.) Remain Tax-Exempt?'
**Argument**
The tax break given to churches restricts their freedom of speech because it deters pastors from speaking out for or against political candidates.
As argued by Rev. Carl Gregg, pastor of Maryland’s Broadview Church, “when Christ... |
# Ride-Sharing Apps - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Ride-hailing drivers earn low pay that is often below minimum wage.
The Economic Policy Institute stated, “Uber drivers earn less than what 90 percent of workers earn,” and their hourly compensation “falls below the mandated minimum wage in nine of 20 major... |
# Was Ronald Reagan a Good President?'
**Argument**
Education:
After “A Nation at Risk”, a negative report on the nation’s educational system, was released in Apr. 1983, President Reagan increased the budget for the Department of Education by $6 billion over the next three years. During the Reagan Administration, sta... |
# Historic Statue Removal - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
The statues represent the country’s history, no matter how complicated. Taking them down is to censor, whitewash, and potentially forget that history.
Of the calls to take down Confederate monuments, President Donald Trump stated, “This cruel campaign... |
# Is Obesity a Disease?'
**Argument**
Obesity is a preventable risk factor for other diseases and conditions, and is not a disease itself.
Like smoking is a preventable risk factor for lung cancer and drinking is a preventable risk factor for alcoholism, obesity is a preventable risk factor for coronary heart disease... |
# Should Birth Control Pills Be Available Over the Counter (OTC)?'
**Argument**
Most women want OTC access to birth control pills and say it would improve their lives.
62.2% of women surveyed indicated that they were in favor of OTC Pills. The same survey found that 28% of women using no birth control and 32.7% of wo... |
# Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?'
**Argument**
School uniforms do not improve attendance, academic preparedness, or exam results.
David L. Brunsma, PhD, Professor of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), co-authored a study that analyzed a national sample of ... |
# Dakota Access Pipeline Pros and Cons | ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline will help the United States to become more energy independent.
There are 2.5 million miles of oil and gas pipelines currently running through the United States. Reducing oil imports from the Middle East, Russ... |
# Is There Really a Santa Claus?'
**Argument**
“Mountains of historical data and more than 50 years of NORAD tracking information leads us to believe that Santa Claus is alive and well in the hearts of people throughout the world.”
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), “based on flight profile data ga... |
# Was Ronald Reagan a Good President?'
**Argument**
Social Policy:
To “finally break the poverty trap,” as Reagan stated in his 1987 State of the Union Address, he signed the Family Support Act on Oct. 12, 1988. The Act required states to establish and operate a Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program (JOBS) to a... |
# Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Marriage is for procreation. Same sex couples should be prohibited from marriage because they cannot produce children together.
The purpose of marriage should not shift away from producing and raising children to adult gratification.
A California Supreme Court ruling fro... |
# Was Bill Clinton a Good President?'
**Argument**
Health:
Clinton sought to bring attention and action to the fight against HIV/AIDS. Funding for AIDS-related programs increased 150 percent during his presidency, and he was a leader in developing international initiatives to search for a vaccine. He signed the Newb... |
# Do Standardized Tests Improve Education in America?'
**Argument**
Standardized tests only determine which students are good at taking tests, offer no meaningful measure of progress, and have not improved student performance.
Standardized test scores are easily influenced by outside factors: stress, hunger, tirednes... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
College graduates are more productive as members of society.
Henry Bienan, PhD, President Emeritus of Northwestern University, argues that a college education results in “greater productivity, lower crime, better health, [and] better citizenship for more educated peopl... |
# Defunding the Police Pros and Cons | Top 3 Arguments For and Against'
**Argument**
Police are not trained and were not intended to do many of the jobs they perform. Defunding the police allows experts to step in.
Police currently deal with calls about mental illness, homelessness, domestic disputes, barking dogs, n... |
# Kneeling during the National Anthem: Top 3 Pros and Cons | ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Kneeling during the national anthem angers many and sows division in our country.
Kaepernick and others who have refused to stand for the national anthem have caused division among their teams, their fans, and across the country. Th... |
# Is Binge Watching Bad for You? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Binge-watching establishes beneficial social connections.
The act of bingeing content fosters a sense of community around a show, something experts call a “shared cultural space.” This common ground allows viewers to discuss and enjoy the show with ev... |
# Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?'
**Argument**
School uniforms emphasize the socio-economic divisions they are supposed to eliminate.
Most public schools with uniform policies are in poor neighborhoods (47% of high-poverty public schools required school uniforms vs. 6% of low poverty schools), emphasiz... |
# Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?'
**Argument**
School uniforms prevent the display of gang colors and insignia.
The US Department of Education’s Manual on School Uniforms stated that uniform policies can “prevent gang members from wearing gang colors and insignia at school” in order to “encourage a saf... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
The average battery life of a tablet is 7.26 hours, shorter than the length of a school day.
Tablets constantly need charging, increasing electricity demands on schools and the need for new electrical outlets.
**Background**
Textbook publishing in th... |
# Universal Basic Income Pros and Cons - Top 3 Arguments For and Against'
**Argument**
Universal Basic Income (UBI) takes money from the poor and gives it to everyone, increasing poverty and depriving the poor of much needed targeted support.
Universal Basic Income (UBI) takes money from the poor and gives it to ever... |
# Was Ronald Reagan a Good President?'
**Argument**
Education:
In his two terms in office, Reagan slashed federal aid to schools by more than $1 billion, and he cut the Department of Education budget by 19%. One of Reagan’s campaign promises was to abolish the Department of Education, which he considered a “bureaucr... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
Many students do not graduate and waste their own and their government’s money.
About 19% of students who enroll in college do not return for the second year. Students who drop out during the first year of college cost states $1.3 billion and the federal government $3... |
# Is Social Media Good for Society?'
**Argument**
Social media users are vulnerable to security attacks such as hacking, identity theft, and viruses.
Social media sites do not scan messages for viruses or phishing scams, leading to large-scale problems like the virus Steckt.Evl spread from Facebook’s chat window. 68... |
# CBD for Pets - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
A majority of veterinarians agree that CBD helps animals.
A Veterinary Information Network survey found that 79% of vets with clinical experience using cannabis products said CBD was somewhat or very helpful for chronic pain in animals; over 62% said it was help... |
# Is Human Activity Primarily Responsible for Global Climate Change?'
**Argument**
Sea levels have been steadily rising for thousands of years, and the increase has nothing to do with humans.
A report by the Global Warming Policy Foundation found that a slow global sea level rise has been ongoing for the last 10,000 ... |
# Net Neutrality - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Net neutrality regulations are unnecessary because the internet developed amazingly well in their absence.
Most large internet companies including Google (1998), Facebook (2004), YouTube (2005), and Twitter (2006) were started and grew to success without net n... |
# Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?'
**Argument**
Alcohol consumption before age 21 is irresponsible and dangerous.
Alcohol consumption can interfere with development of the young adult brain’s frontal lobes (essential for emotional regulation, planning, and organization) which can increase... |
# Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?'
**Argument**
A majority of adults, including gun owners, support common sense gun control such as background checks, bans on assault weapons, and bans on high-capacity magazines.
According to a Feb. 20, 2018 Quinnipiac Poll, 97% of American voters and 97% of gun owners supp... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Marijuana legalization boosts the economy.
The marijuana industry (adult-use and medical) in the United States could exceed $24 billion in revenue by 2025. For every $1.00 spent in the marijuana industry, between $2.13 and $2.40 in economic activity is generate... |
# Is Cell Phone Radiation Safe?'
**Argument**
Cell phone radiation levels are tested and certified to remain within levels deemed safe by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The FCC sets the maximum amount of thermal radiation (heat) that cell phones are permitted to emit. This limit is measured as the amoun... |
# Is Obesity a Disease?'
**Argument**
Obesity meets the definition of disease.
The American Medical Association’s 2013 “Council on Science and Public Health Report” identified three criteria to define disease: 1. “an impairment of the normal functioning of some aspect of the body;” 2. “characteristic signs and sympto... |
# Student Loan Debt Elimination - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Student loan debt is slowing the national economy. Forgiveness would boost the economy, benefiting everyone.
Student loan debt slows new business growth and quashes consumer spending. A Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia study found “a signifi... |
# Is Golf a Sport?'
**Argument**
Golf meets the definition of sport by requiring skill to play.
Golf requires coordinated muscle use. The golf swing uses at least 17 muscle groups in the coordinated movement of the hands, wrists, arms, abdomen, and legs according to a study in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). Playi... |
# Should Social Security Be Privatized?'
**Argument**
The current Social Security program will become insolvent by 2035, so a better system is urgently required.
Due to an aging population and lower birthrate, the ratio of workers to retirees has been shrinking, thereby reducing the funds available for future retiree... |
# Should All Americans Have the Right (Be Entitled) to Health Care?'
**Argument**
The right to health care is an internationally recognized human right.
On Dec. 10, 1948 the United States and 47 other nations signed the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The document stated that “everyone has the r... |
# Immigrant Sanctuary Cities - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Sanctuary cities protect undocumented immigrants against federal immigration laws.
Many people believe that the federal immigration deportation policies are unjust because they target undocumented immigrants indiscriminately, deport people who have... |
# Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?'
**Argument**
Students oppose school uniforms.
Enrollment at Washington High School in South Bend, IN, has declined 43% since the introduction of school uniforms in 2006; and a 2017 survey found that 82% of the current students opposed uniforms. A peer-reviewed study b... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
College exposes students to diverse people and ideas.
Students live, go to classes, and socialize with other students from around the world and learn from professors with a variety of expertise. The community of people on a college campus means students are likely to m... |
# Space Colonization - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Humans living in space is pure science fiction.
Briony Horgan, PhD, Assistant Professor of Planetary Science at Purdue University, explained that terraforming Mars is “way beyond any kind of technology we’re going to have any time soon.”
In one widely pr... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
Increasing the minimum wage would have a ripple effect, raising the incomes of people who make slightly above the minimum wage.
Melissa S. Kearney, PhD, and Benjamin Harris, PhD, of the Brookings Institution found that increasing the minimum wage would res... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
Tablets help to improve student achievement on standardized tests.
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt tested an interactive, digital version of an Algebra 1 textbook for Apple’s iPad in California’s Riverside Unified School District. Students who used... |
# Olympics Hosting - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
The Olympics are a financial drain on host cities.
No Olympic Games since 1960 has come in under budget.
Bent Flyvbjerg, PhD, and Allison Stewart, MBA, both at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, stated that “in the Games the budget is more lik... |
# Should the US Government Regulate Prescription Drug Prices?'
**Argument**
Revenue from prescription drug sales fund research and development of new drugs.
Research and development (R&D) of a new drug costs between almost $1 billion and more than $2 billion. Considering that only approximately 12% of drugs tested ar... |
# Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?'
**Argument**
The institution of marriage has traditionally been defined as being between a man and a woman. Civil unions and domestic partnerships could provide the protections and benefits gay couples need without changing the definition of marriage.
John F. Harvey, late Catholic pri... |
# Is Binge Watching Bad for You? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Binge-watching can cause serious physical health problems.
Sitting for extended periods of time has long been linked to slow metabolism, heart disease, cancer, blood clots, and deep vein thrombosis. Binge-watchers are prone to sit on the couch eatin... |
# Hockey Fighting - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Allowing fighting makes the sport safer overall by holding players accountable.
Professional hockey is a fast-moving sport, and referees often miss illegal body checking, hits with hockey sticks, and other aggressive plays. Retaliation by fighting brings acco... |
# Space Colonization - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Humans have made a mess of Earth. We should clean it up instead of destroying a moon or another planet.
If humans have the technology, knowledge, and ability to transform an uninhabitable planet, moon, or other place in space into an appealing home for hum... |
# Should Teachers Get Tenure?'
**Argument**
The formal dismissal process guaranteed by tenure protects teachers from punitive evaluation systems and premature dismissal.
It allows under-performing teachers a chance to improve their skills rather than be hastily fired.
**Background**
Teacher tenure is the increasing... |
# Should All Americans Have the Right (Be Entitled) to Health Care?'
**Argument**
People should pay for their own health care, not have it given to them by the government.
Under a single-payer system, the right to health care is paid for through taxes, and people who work hard and pay those taxes are forced to subsid... |
# Olympics Hosting - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
The Olympics create a sense of national pride.
According to a global poll, a majority of people in 18 of 21 countries stated their nations’ performance at the Olympics was “important to their national pride,” including 91% of Kenyans, 86% of Filipinos, and 8... |
# Is Cell Phone Radiation Safe?'
**Argument**
Numerous peer-reviewed studies have found no evidence that cell phone use causes an increased risk of brain tumors.
A May 21, 2021 study concluded, “Canadian trends in glioma [brain tumors] and cell phone use were not compatible with increased risks of glioma.”
Other stu... |
# Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Society? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
AI can offer accessibility for people with disabilities.
Artificial intelligence is commonly integrated into smartphones and other household devices. Virtual assistants, including Siri, Alexa, and Cortana, can perform innumerable tasks f... |
# American Socialism - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
The US already has too many costly socialist entitlements.
Socialism is a series of entitlements that cost the American public a considerable amount of money. 2018 estimates put the cost of Democratic Socialist proposals, including but not limited to Socia... |
# Was Bill Clinton a Good President?'
**Argument**
Taxes:
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 increased the gasoline tax by 4.3 cents per gallon, which directly impacted the middle class. The 1993 tax hikes cannot be credited with the economic boom of the 1990s: it was after the Republican Congress passed ... |
# Police Body Cameras - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Police body cameras invade the privacy of citizens, potentially exposing victims and subjecting citizens to facial recognition software.
Recording police encounters with the public could lead to the public exposure of private medical conditions such as me... |
# Should Abortion Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Abortion bans deny bodily autonomy, creating wide-ranging repercussions.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated, “eliminating the rights of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women b... |
# Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?'
**Argument**
Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe.
The 1950s sleeping pill thalidomide, which caused 10,000 babies to be born with severe deformities, was tested on animals prior to its commercial release. Later tests on pregnant mice, ... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Traffic accidents and deaths increase when marijuana is legalized.
Marijuana-related traffic deaths rose 62% following the legalization of marijuana in Colorado. Jim Leal, former Chief of Police of Newark, California, said of legalizing marijuana, “You are comm... |
# Cancel Culture Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Cancel culture gives a voice to disenfranchised or less powerful people.
Osita Nwanevu, MPP, Staff Writer at The New Republic, states, “The critics of cancel culture are plainly threatened not by a new and uniquely powerful kind of public criticism but by a new set o... |
# Is There Really a Santa Claus?'
**Argument**
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy… He lives and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times t... |
# Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21 to a Younger Age?'
**Argument**
MLDA 21 is ineffective because young adults will consume alcohol regardless, leading to dangerous behaviors.
By the time 60% of people are 18, they have had at least one alcoholic drink. 32% of 18-20 year olds admitted to alcohol consumption... |
# Should Churches (Including Mosques, Synagogues, etc.) Remain Tax-Exempt?'
**Argument**
A tax exemption is a form of subsidy, and the Constitution bars government from subsidizing religion.
William H. Rehnquist, then-Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, declared on behalf of a unanimous court in Regan v. Taxation ... |
# Is Golf a Sport?'
**Argument**
Golf meets the definition of sport by requiring physical exertion.
Golfing without a cart burns an average of 360 calories per hour (306 with a caddie), compared to about 345 doing gymnastics and 273 bowling playing table tennis or doing yoga. Golfers who play a nine-hole course (2-2.... |
# Should Social Security Be Privatized?'
**Argument**
Individual investment accounts would boost economic growth by injecting money back into America’s financial system.
In the decades following Chile’s privatization of its pension system in 1981, the savings accounts that were established generated the equivalent of... |
# Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Legal marijuana is regulated for consumer safety.
People buying marijuana on the street have no way of knowing if what they’re ingesting is covered with mold, fungus, pesticides, or other harmful substances. Once marijuana is legalized, the government is able t... |
# Is a College Education Worth It?'
**Argument**
Many college graduates are employed in jobs that do not require college degrees.
According to the Department of Labor, as many as 17 million college graduates work in positions that did not require a college education. 1 in 3 college graduates had a job that required ... |
# Fracking Pros and Cons - Top 3 Arguments For and Against'
**Argument**
Fracking is a safe method of extracting natural gas.
The Ground Water Protection Council (GWPC), stated, “Hydraulic fracturing has been a key technology in making shale gas an affordable addition to the Nation’s energy supply, and the technology... |
# Should Adults Have the Right to Carry a Concealed Handgun?'
**Argument**
Concealed handguns protect women and minorities who can’t always rely on the police for protection.
David French, senior writer at the National Review and a veteran of the Iraq War, explained, “when you [concealed] carry your weapon, you don’t... |
# Private Prisons - Pros & Cons - ProCon.org'
**Argument**
Private prisons exploit employees and prisoners for corporate gain.
Private prisons paid staff $0.38 less per hour than public prisons, $14,901 less in yearly salaries, and required 58 fewer hours of training prior to service than public prisons, leaving staf... |
# Should the United States Return to a Gold Standard?'
**Argument**
A gold standard would reduce the risk of economic crises and recessions, while increasing income levels and decreasing unemployment rates.
The ability of the Federal Reserve to print fiat money (money not backed by a physical commodity such as gold) ... |
# Should Students Have to Wear School Uniforms?'
**Argument**
School uniforms make getting ready for school easier, which can improve punctuality.
When uniforms are mandatory, parents and students do not spend time choosing appropriate outfits for the school day. According to a national survey, over 90% of US school ... |
# Should Gay Marriage Be Legal?'
**Argument**
Gay marriage is a civil right protected by the US Constitution’s commitments to liberty and equality, and is an internationally recognized human right for all people.
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), on May 21, 2012, named same-sex m... |
# Should the Federal Minimum Wage Be Increased?'
**Argument**
Raising the minimum wage would lead to a healthier population and prevent premature deaths.
A 2014 Human Impact Partners study by Rajiv Bhatia, MD, found that raising the Californian minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2017 would “significantly benefit health a... |
# Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?'
**Argument**
On a tablet, e-textbooks can be updated instantly to get new editions or information.
Schools will not have to constantly purchase new hardware, software, or new physical copies of textbooks. Speaking at Mooresville Middle School, NC, President Obama s... |
# Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Society? Top 3 Pros and Cons'
**Argument**
Artificial intelligence can improve workplace safety.
AI doesn’t get stressed, tired, or sick, three major causes of human accidents in the workplace. AI robots can collaborate with or replace humans for especially dangerous tasks. For ... |
# Is Social Media Good for Society?'
**Argument**
Social media aids the spread of hate groups.
A Baylor University study examined Facebook hate groups focused on President Barack Obama and found a resurgence of racial slurs and stereotypes not seen in mainstream media in decades. A study of English-language Twitter ... |
# Was Ronald Reagan a Good President?'
**Argument**
Taxes:
Reagan’s “voodoo” economic policy, where tax cuts were believed to somehow generate tax revenues, failed to account for his administration’s excessive spending which increased from $591 billion in 1980 to $1.2 trillion in 1990. Reagan both increased and cut... |
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