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Past Policy Debate Resolutions Print E-mail
Wisconsin High School Forensic Association
National Debate Resolutions
  • 1928 -    Resolved: That a federal department of education should be created with a secretary in the President's cabinet.
  • 1929 -    Resolved: That the English cabinet method of legislation is more efficient than the committee system is in the United States.
  • 1930 -    Resolved: That installment buying of personal property as now practiced in the United States is both socially and economically desirable.
  • 1931 -    Resolved: That chain stores are detrimental to the best interests of the American public.
  • 1932 -    Resolved: That the several states should enact legislation providing for compulsory unemployment insurance.
  • 1933 -    Resolved: That at least one half of all state and local revenues should be derived from sources other than tangible property.
  • 1934 -    Resolved: That the United States should adopt the essential features of the British system of radio control and operation.
  • 1935 -    Resolved: That the federal government should adopt the policy of equalizing educational opportunity throughout the nation by means of annual grants to the several states for public elementary and secondary education.
  • 1936 -    Resolved: That the several states should enact legislation providing for a system of complete medical service available to all citizens at public expense.
  • 1937 -    Resolved: That all electric utilities should be governmentally owned and operated.
  • 1938 -    Resolved: That the several states should adopt a unicameral system of legislation.
  • 1939 -    Resolved: That the United States should establish an alliance with Great Britain.
  • 1940 -    Resolved: That the federal government should own and operate the railroads.
  • 1941 -    Resolved: That the power of the federal government should be increased.
  • 1942 -    Resolved: That every able-bodied male citizen in the United States should be required to have one year of full time military training before attaining the present draft age.
  • 1943 -    Resolved: That a federal world government should be established.
  • 1944 -    Resolved: That the United States should join in reconstituting the League of Nations.
  • 1945 -    Resolved: That the legal voting age should be reduced to eighteen years.
  • 1946 -    Resolved: That every able bodied male citizen of the United States should have one year of frill time military training before attaining age 24.
  • 1947 -    Resolved: That the federal government should provide a system of complete medical care available to all citizens at public expense.
  • 1948 -    Resolved: That the federal government should require arbitration of labor disputes in all basic American industries.
  • 1949 -    Resolved: That the United Nations now be revised into a federal World Government
  • 1950 -    Resolved: That the President of the United States should be elected by the direct vote of the people.
  • 1951 -    Resolved: That the American people should reject the welfare state.
  • 1952 -    Resolved: That all American citizens should be subject to conscription for essential service in time of war.
  • 1953 -    Resolved: that the Atlantic pact nations should form a federal union.
  • 1954 -    Resolved: that the President of the United States should be elected by the direct vote of the people.
  • 1955 -    Resolved: That the federal government should initiate a policy of free trade among nations friendly to the United States.
  • 1956 -    Resolved: That governmental subsidies should be granted according to need to high school graduates who qualify for additional training.
  • 1957 -    Resolved: That the federal government should sustain the prices of major agricultural products at not less than 90% of panty.
  • 1958 -    Resolved: That Units States foreign aid should be substantially increased.
  • 1959 -    Resolved: That the Units States should adapt the essential features of the British system of education.
  • 1960 -    Resolved: That the federal government should substantially increase its regulation of labor unions.
  • 1961 -    Resolved: That the Units Nations should be significantly strengthened.
  • 1962 -    Resolved: That the federal government should equalize educational opportunity by means of grants to the states for public elementary and secondary education.
  • 1963 -    Resolved: That the United States should promote a Common Market for the western hemisphere.
  • 1964 -    Resolved: That Social Security benefits should be extended to include complete medical care.
  • 1965 -    Resolved: That nuclear weapons should be controlled by an International organization.
  • 1966 -    Resolved: That the federal government should adopt a program of compulsory arbitration in labor management disputes in basic industries.
  • 1967 -    Resolved: that the foreign aid program of the United States should be limited to nonmilitary assistance.
  • 1968 -    Resolved: That Congress should prohibit unilateral Units States military intervention in foreign counties.
  • 1969 -    Resolved: That the United States should establish a system of compulsory service by all citizens.
  • 1970 -    Resolved: That Congress should prohibit unilateral United States military intervention in foreign counties.
  • 1971 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish, finance and administer programs to control air and/or water pollution in the wilted States.
  • 1972 -    Resolved: That the jury system in the United States should be significantly changed.
  • 1973 -    Resolved: That governmental financial support for all public and secondary education in the United States be provided exclusively by the federal government.
  • 1974 -    Resolved: That the federal government should guarantee a minimum annual income to each family unit
  • 1975 -    Resolved: That the United States should significantly change the method of selecting presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
  • 1976 -    Resolved: That the development and allocation of scarce world resources should be controlled by an international organization.
  • 1977 -    Resolved: That a comprehensive program of penal & iii should be adopted throughout the United States.
  • 1978 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish a comprehensive program to regulate the health care system in the Units States.
  • 1979 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish a comprehensive program to significantly increase the energy Independence of the United States.
  • 1980 -    Resolved: That the Units States should significantly change its foreign trade policies.
  • 1981 -    Resolved: That the federal government should initiate and enforce safety guarantees on consumer goods.
  • 1982 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish minimum educational standards for elementary and secondary schools in the United States.
  • 1983 -    Resolved: That the United States should significantly curtail its arms sales to other countries.
  • 1984 -    Resolved: That the Unites States should establish uniform rules governing the procedure of all criminal courts in the nation.
  • 1985 -    Resolved: That the federal government should provide employment for all employable United States citizens living in poverty.
  • 1986 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish a comprehensive national policy to protect the quality of water in the United States.
  • 1987 -    Resolved: That the federal government should implement a comprehensive, long term agricultural policy in the United States.
  • 1988 -    Resolved: That the United States should adopt a policy to increase political stability In Latin America.
  • 1989 -    Resolved: That the federal government should implement a comprehensive program to guarantee retirement security for United States citizens over age 65.
  • 1990 -    Resolved: That the federal government should adopt a nationwide policy to decease overcrowding in prisons and jails in the United States.
  • 1991 -    Resolved: That the United States government should significantly increase space exploration beyond the earth's mesosphere.
  • 1992 -    Resolved: That the federal government should significantly increase social services to homeless individuals in the United States.
  • 1993 -    Resolved: That the United States government should reduce worldwide pollution through its trade and/or aid policies.
  • 1994 -    Resolved: That the federal government should guarantee comprehensive national health insurance to all United States Citizens
  • 1995 -    Resolved: That the United States government should substantially strengthen regulation of immigration to the United States.
  • 1996 -    Resolved: That the United States government should substantially change its foreign policy toward to people's Republic of China.
  • 1997 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish a program to substantially reduce juvenile crime in the United States.
  • 1998 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish a policy to substantially increase renewable energy use in the United States.
  • 1999 -    Resolved: That the United States should substantially change its foreign policy toward Russia.
  • 2000 -    Resolved: That the federal government should establish an education policy to significantly increase academic achievement in secondary schools in the United States.
  • 2001 -    Resolved: That the United States federal government should significantly increase protection of privacy in the United States in one or more of the following areas: employment, medical records, consumer information, search and seizure.
  • 2002 -    Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish a foreign policy significantly limiting the use of weapons of mass destruction.
  • 2003 -    Resolved: That the United States federal government should substantially increase public health services for mental health care in the United States.
  • 2004 -    Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish an ocean policy substantially increasing protection of marine natural resources.
  • 2005 -    Resolved: That the United States federal government should establish a foreign policy substantially increasing its support of United Nations peacekeeping operations.
  • 2006 -    Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause.
  • 2007 -    Resolved: The United States federal government should establish a policy substantially increasing the number of persons serving in one or more of the following national service programs: AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Senior Corps, Peace Corps, Learn and Serve America, Armed Forces.
  • 2008 -    Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its public health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • 2009 -    Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase alternative energy incentives in the United States.
  • 2010 -    Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase social services for persons living in poverty in the United States.
 

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