Should the USA prefer to give aid money bilaterally (directly to individual countries or projects) or multilaterally (channelling it through United Nations agencies, World Bank, NGOs, etc.)? All the Yes points: Multilateral aid tends to be less tied to the political self-interest of individual donor countries…. Multilateral aid, particularly when delivered through NGOs or the … Read more
Should there be a tax on fatty foods? All the Yes points: People need an incentive to eat more healthy food and avoid unhealthy fats. This will improve people… Fat causes severe medical problems. Diseases connected with being overweight such as high blood pres… Additional taxes on fatty food would create a disincentive to buy … Read more
Should the state retirement age be raised? All the Yes points: Too low an age of retirement damages economic efficiency, and thus decreases individual and national… The current retirement age is anachronistic; designed to cater for a very different time and job mar… The types of jobs that the majority of the population in developed … Read more
Is a two-party system preferable to a multi-party system? All the Yes points: Where two-party systems have emerged it is either the result, or reflection of the will of the elect… Governments in two party systems are more able to drive their policies through the legislature as th… Because two-party systems tend to be less … Read more
Should the constitutional limit preventing US Presidents from serving more than two terms be repealed? All the Yes points: The two-term limit is undemocratic. If Americans want to vote for a President again after two terms… A strong executive is important for both philosophical and practical reasons. Philosophically, a st… In times of national or … Read more
Should the numbers of women in the legislature be raised artificially? All the Yes points: In ‘representative’ democracy it is vital that every part of the population be proportionately repre… Whilst is it possible for men to speak on women’s issues, some topics of debate (e.g. on family issu… Parliaments, particularly in Britain, have a … Read more
