Wealth Debater Gifts

We Wanna Be Loved

The lemming one percent

'Our admission policy is now simplicity itself. If you have the tuition, you're in.'

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

Changing Minds

"Now that's a win."

"You know who's tougher than all your little superheroes? The fossil fuel industry."

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"That's six 'noes' and one 'aye', the ayes have it"

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

Flat tax - equal burden?

"It's time to get politics out of money."

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

'The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. That's a wonderful mission statement.'

Recession

"The problem with capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The problem with socialism is the equal sharing of wealth..."

"I'm worried. We're small enough to fail, but not big enough to be bailed out!"

More Unequal Than Others

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

The hourglass figure of economic injustice.

You're on "Ask Sadie." What's your problem?! Super delegates. A candidate could win the most votes in the primaries but lose anyway of the superdelegates want someone else! Can you believe that? Oh stop yer sniveling. In my day, the parties chose candidates in smoke-filled backrooms without even pretending the people get a vote. At least this charade gets you out of the house. Gets the blood pumping. I guess.

The United States Public Debt.

Like Minded

Beggar tosses money to the 1%.

"I, too, hate being a greedy bastard, but we have a responsibility to our shareholders."

And now, for a rebuttal.

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

Approved Debate Questions

"We must do something about the bloated, fat cat image bankers have a acquired...I think I'll settle for a bigger chair!"