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Answers


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Transition Wars

Non-unique: transition wars are happening now

Transition wars inevitable


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Generics


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Terrorism DA


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Terror threat high

More people are being recruited b terrorist groups than !"#

estimates: !"# director $ames Come said that thousands o%

people are being recruited on encrpted websites that the !"#can&t penetrate'

McCaul( chairman o% )ouse )omeland *ecurit Committee sas

there has been an increase in threat streams against local

police and militar bases'

Threat o% a lone o+ender is increasing' )omegrown violent

e,tremists pose the most liel threat to .* domestic securit'

The #nternet maes terror attacs in the .* e,tremel liel

and allows #*#* to reach out to a large number o% people'

#*#*& leader urged Muslims everwhere to /ght in his land in a

01 minute audio recording'

Garland( Te,as shooting on Ma 2th is an e,ample o%

homegrown domestic terror in the .* inspired b #*#*'


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.* surveillance increasing

3bama administration has drasticall increased intelligence

gathering a%ter warnings o% potential terrorist attacs'

The .'*' militar has ordered an increase in securit at its

bases around the .nited *tates %or the /rst time in nearl %our

ears because o% general threats at home'


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N*A e

There is no alternative 4 other organi5ations onl trac nown

terrorists( but it is the unnown terrorist who will in6ict the

greatest harm'7#% ou&re looing %or a needle in a hastac( ou have to get

the hastac /rst8

*ecret surveillance programs helped prevent more than 29

potential terror attacs worldwide'

The resident&s ;eview Group sas that the lac o% mass

surveillance would result in a loss o% signi/cant intelligence

and impede our abilit to respond to new threats'

29 incidents o% potential terrorism at home and abroad were

stopped b the set o% N*A surveillance programs'

!"# arrested at least 09 Americans on terrorism-related

charges this ear on 7lone-wol%8 plots( all inspired b #*#*

propaganda'

At least ?? attacs' The overwhelming ma@orit

have been thwarted thans to timel( operational intelligence

about the threats'


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Nuclear terrorism

Terrorists have the abilit to direct individuals to conduct

small-scale attacs in the .* 4 could pose threat o% WMD'

Garland( Te,as

C#A ocial sas that it is not %ar %etched that #*#* or other

terrorist groups could gain access to weapons o% mass

destruction'

Nuclear terrorism is e,tremel liel under Bawahiri a%ter

anal5ing his


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Fven a %ew thousand deaths would result in escalation'

Turns econ: would result in hundreds o% thousands o% %atalities

and massive propert damage' !ear would erode public

con/dence'


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China-Taiwan War


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War will happen

China thins the can win a war with the .*' *imulations show

China beat the .* because o% our diminished /ghter

capabilities'

China concerned o% Taiwanese government seeing

recognition( meaning it&s now or never %or China to invade'

eaders in "ei@ing concerned over Taiwanese elections' The

thin Tsai #ng-wen( the D candidate( will win' revious D

president was hostile to China'

;ecent A drills in region are a simulation o% possible

invasion o% Taiwan'

Chinese leaders have alwas de%erred invasion because o%

cross-strait tals but recentl Taiwanese leaders have rebu+ed

tals'

A has ?(299 missiles aimed at Taiwan'

Taiwanese militar budget decrease allows A to be ahead'

Taiwan and China have overlapping claims in the *outh China

*ea( increases tension'


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Fconom


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Globali5ation decreases war

*tocholm #ntl eace #nstitute sas number o% con6icts

decreased due to increasing trade and globali5ation'

Fconomies more connected( means countries decreased

incentive to have war'

Allows countries to acquire wealth through trade instead o%

conquest( less need %or war'


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"ad econ leads to war

#ncreases terrorism and radical politics( because mainstream

politics clearl isn&t helping politics' The warrant %or this is

)itler'

Fconomic worries lead states to pursue nuclear ambitions %or

domestic securit'

Con6icts over resources re-emerge 4 protectionism and neo-

mercantilist policies increase in times o% economic decline'

!iscal stimulus turns to militar( buildup o% militaries lead toincreased tensions and counterbalancing'

Dicult to cooperate in economic decline'


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overt in .*

More than H o% Americans live in povert

Ccle o% povert: people become trapped in povert'

Children in povert %ace lower cognitive development(

increased rates o% incarceration( lower li%etime earnings'

overt hurts everone( taes awa government resources

that could be invested in other areas'

Child povert in .* costs more than 299 billion annuall'

eople in povert %ace higher rates o% illness and lower li%ee,pectancies( because the can&t a+ord their basic needs'


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#nterest ;ates

!ederal ;eserve is sending mi,ed messages with its interest

rates'


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ow #nterest ;ates

ow interest rates harm baners'

ow interest rates create bubbles and economic crashes'


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Middle Class su+ering

Middle class incomes stagnating 4 econom has grown 0H but

incomes haven&t increased'

?H American counties have lower median income than be%ore'

)ousing bubble crash means man middle class people have

houses worth %ar less than what the paid %or 4 huge loss o%

monetar value and decreased incentive %or home

construction'

Middle class is e to demand 4 stagnant incomes meansdemand won&t be able to match growing econom'


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#ncome #nequalit e,ists

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Ta,ation Good

With ta,es are more able to provide public education( medical

care( li%e insurance( and wel%are and citi5ens are more able to

/nd opportunities %or @obs instead o% constantl worringabout their ne,t meal or getting their child a proper education'

)arvard "usiness *chool stud shows increasing %ood stamp

program increased amount o% household businesses b ?


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Ta,ation "ad

eads to ta, evasion( H o% .* GD o% uncollected ta, dollars'

#;* can&t solve 4 H reduction in /eld e,aminers while

worload increased ?


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Whistleblowing


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eople are a%raid to whistleblow 4 riss losing @ob and %riends'

#n some cases the %ear %or their lives( and get little support

%rom governments and courts'

.* lawers reluctant to protect whistleblowers because

the&re unliel to win'

!inancial malpractice is top concern o% worers et more than

hal% o% concerns go ignored'

Currentl no wa to report concerns con/dentiall'


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Good

#nvaluable public service 4 .* government sas whistleblowers

e to discovering corporate %raud'

Whistleblowing presence creates transparenc in corporations'


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"ad

Fncouraging whistleblowing encourages people to stretch the

truth @ust to mae mone 4 whistleblower law in ?=< gives

them 09H cut o% mone recouped b government'

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