| ... |
... |
@@ -1,0
+1,53 @@ |
|
1 |
+===Contention 1 – guaranteeing the right to housing requires billions of dollars, which mandates budget cuts in soft areas like social security and healthcare insurance, sinking millions into poverty=== |
|
2 |
+ |
|
3 |
+ |
|
4 |
+====The aff's guarantee of housing increases subsidies by billions – there's no way to fulfill the right to housing without massive spending==== |
|
5 |
+Clark 16, Patrick Clark (news, political analysis, commentary) 7-26-2016, "Why It's So Hard to Build Affordable Housing: It's Not Affordable," Bloomberg, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-26/why-it-s-so-hard-to-build-affordable-housing-it-s-not-affordable//ghs-mr |
|
6 |
+A real estate developer wanted to increase affordable housing in Denver, trying to make |
|
7 |
+AND |
|
8 |
+National Review Institute. "That's basically how housing markets have always worked." |
|
9 |
+ |
|
10 |
+ |
|
11 |
+====Increases in federal spending mandates budget tradeoffs==== |
|
12 |
+Sange 11, Sange, Alexandra. "House Passes New Rules For The 112th Congress." National association of community health centers. January 18, 2011. Web. February 07, 2017. http://blogs.nachc.com/washington/house-passes-new-rules-for-the-112th-congress//ghs-mr |
|
13 |
+As a part of the transition to the new Congress, the House of Representatives |
|
14 |
+AND |
|
15 |
+rule increases in revenue cannot be used to offset increases in mandatory spending. |
|
16 |
+ |
|
17 |
+ |
|
18 |
+====Congress will cut soft areas first – social security, healthcare insurance, and education would be the first to go==== |
|
19 |
+Marans 16 Daniel Marans (general assignment reporter with a focus on politics and economic policy.), 12-9-2016, "Top House Republican Unveils Plan To Gut Social Security, "Huffington Post,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/top-house-republican-social-security-cuts_us_584b1bb8e4b0e05aded3ff3c//ghs-mr |
|
20 |
+WASHINGTON ― President-elect Donald Trump distinguished himself on the campaign trail as the |
|
21 |
+AND |
|
22 |
+will fight any plan to replace Medicare with a voucher," he added. |
|
23 |
+ |
|
24 |
+ |
|
25 |
+====Maintaining current social security programs key to keeping millions of senior citizens and minority populations out of poverty – turns case and outweighs on magnitude==== |
|
26 |
+CBPP 16, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, By, 10-25-2016, "Social Security Keeps 22 Million Americans Out of Poverty: A State-By-State Analysis," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/social-security-keeps-22-million-americans-out-of-poverty-a-state-by-state//ghs-mr |
|
27 |
+Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state. WITHOUT |
|
28 |
+AND |
|
29 |
+, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. |
|
30 |
+ |
|
31 |
+ |
|
32 |
+===Contention 2 – government subsidies creates inferior housing, distorts the private market, and threatens another housing market crash leading to a repeat of the 2008 global recession=== |
|
33 |
+ |
|
34 |
+ |
|
35 |
+====Housing subsidies inflate mortgage rates and overconsumption – experts estimate trillions of dollars could be lost! ==== |
|
36 |
+Acharya et al 11, Viral V. Acharya, Matthew P. Richardson, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh and Lawrence J. White ~~professors at the New York University Stern School of Business and the authors of "Guaranteed to Fail: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance."~~, "Why We Should End Homeownership Subsidies," New York Times, 8-16-2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/17/opinion/why-we-should-end-homeownership-subsidies.html, ghs//BZ |
|
37 |
+THE United States spends more than $100 billion annually to subsidize homeowners. Renters |
|
38 |
+AND |
|
39 |
+and stimulate growth and will make a real contribution to our future prosperity. |
|
40 |
+ |
|
41 |
+ |
|
42 |
+====Governmental interference distorts the housing market and creates inferior, isolated housing==== |
|
43 |
+Peter D. Salins 98, ~~Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the State University of New York~~, "Comment on Chester Hartman's "The Case for a right to housing": Housing is a right? Wrong!", Housing Policy Debate, 9:2, 1998, ghs//BZ |
|
44 |
+Why a government-guaranteed housing entitlement does not make economic sense When Hartman and |
|
45 |
+AND |
|
46 |
+, and nonprofit sponsor-owners often fail as managers or go broke. |
|
47 |
+ |
|
48 |
+ |
|
49 |
+====Housing market crash would create further wealth inequality and cause another global recession – 2008 proves==== |
|
50 |
+Amir Sufi 16 ~~~~, "Why the Housing Bubble Tanked the Economy And the Tech Bubble Didn't," FiveThirtyEight, 3-15-2016, https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-housing-bubble-tanked-the-economy-and-the-tech-bubble-didnt/, ghs//BZ |
|
51 |
+In 2000, the dot-com bubble burst, destroying $6.2 |
|
52 |
+AND |
|
53 |
+beginning to understand that wealth inequality is crucial for understanding the broader economy. |