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Debate Comments
The United States Government should stop produce current Jefferson nickels and replace them by making Lincoln pennies worth 5 cents and cease a $.01 piece of currency.
Currently, it costs the government 1.3 cents to make a penny and over 7 cents to make a nickel.
Seignoirage allows the government to profit off of minting currency, but only when the coin costs less to produce than its value. For instance, the $20 bill costs about 4 cents to make.
Due to the negative seignoirage value, th...
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con, sales tax isn't a set price ($.06), its a percent (.06%).
pro, cite the study, provide a link if you can. it increases your credibility and backs up your case more then just "they did a study"/
con, why would changing prices be expensive? cite some evidence to back up your case.
pro, chances are businesses would change prices to the nearest nickel. so mcnuggets would cost 1.20, not 1.22
con, you say that the government would lose out on taxes collected, but provide no evidence. a case without evidence is like a house without walls, the roof will comedown around you.
again, sales tax is a percent, not a set amount.
how would it eliminate the dollar store/menu/etc? give some evidence. also, most judges ignore any point you bring in last round if it hasn't been brought up before, such as this argument.
advice:
pro, i suggest you cite more studies and provide links, it will increase your credibility and "beef up" your case. if you have other debates on this topic, realize that 1) businesses would change prices to increments of 5, and 2) states would change their sales tax to an increment of 5.
con, same
RFD:
while con raised some good points, the pro was able to both rehab his own case and sufficiently attack cons, so i vote PRO.
It all evens out. The probability of rounding in each direction is the same. It would round up as much as it rounds down.
But rounding after would defeat the purpose of a sales tax, and it would get rounded to the nearest nickel.
$1.22 + $0.06 = $1.28, rounded to $1.30
you've ended up adding 8, not 6
$1.21 + $0.06 = $1.27, rounded to $1.25
you've ended up adding 4, not 6
This alters the sales tax.
You wouldn't round BEFORE sales tax, you'd round AFTERWARDS.
Math debates, you gotta love 'em!
I say we go back to bargaining. :D
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