Polygon Invitational
2020 — Online, CA/US
Resolutions
Topic Area: Domestic agriculture policy
(Gov - Opp win split listed in parentheses)
Varsity
1: In United States environmental policy, this house prefers market incentives to direct regulation (8-8).
2: The proliferation of nuclear weapons is more responsible for the decline in interstate conflict than is the expansion of economic interdependence (6-10).
3: The United States federal government should significantly increase its labor protections for agricultural workers in the United States (10-6).
4: The Federative Republic of Brazil should significantly increase its investment in nuclear energy (11-5).
5: The United States federal government should significantly increase its military presence in outer space (11-5).
Q.a: The United States federal government should significantly increase its economic development of the Arctic Ocean.
Q.b: The United States federal government should implement a federal jobs guarantee.
Q.c: The United States federal government should adopt a domestic carbon emissions trading scheme.
S.a: The Commonwealth of Australia should sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
S.b: The People’s Republic of China should forgive significant bilateral debt obligations of one or more countries in Central Asia.
S.c: Ukraine should complete its member action plan to become a member of NATO.
Finals: close-out
Novice
1: The United States federal government should ban the commercial production of meat in the United States (8-3).
2: The United States federal government should implement a single-payer healthcare system in the United States (5-6).
3: The State of California should de-privatize Pacific Gas & Electric (4-7).
4: The United States federal government should significantly reduce its military presence in the Republic of Iraq (5-6).
F.a: National governments should prioritize the stability of the nation-state over the liberty of its individual citizens.
F.b: The United States federal government should significantly increase its investment in offshore wind energy.
F.c: The United States federal government should remove its military base from the Okinawa Prefecture.