Episode 11: Universal Childcare Topic Analysis The Next Off Victory Briefs Podcast

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Chris Theis, Jacob Nails, and Lawrence Zhou discuss the 2021 March/April LD topic, Resolved: The United States ought to guarantee universal childcare. They talk about their opinions on the topic, what childcare is, what it means for something to be universal, common pitfalls for affirmative economy based arguments, different ethical frameworks, the best negative strategies and counterplans especially at more traditional tournaments, and some thoughts about the topic selection process.

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The Victory Briefs: https://classroom.victorybriefs.com/briefs
The problem of childcare: https://www.vox.com/the-weeds
True cost of childcare: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2018/11/15/460970/understanding-true-cost-child-care-infants-toddlers/
Erickson article: https://ifstudies.org/blog/measuring-the-long-term-effects-of-early-extensive-day-care
Lanham Act: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/daycare-world-war-rosie-riveter/415650/
Pogchamps 3: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/rainn-wilson-channels-dwight-schrute-in-hilarious-pogchamps-chess-roast-after-final-loss-1524591/
Wandavision trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj9J2ecsSpo

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