Tournament: Liberty | Round: Quarters | Opponent: Navy | Judge: 

T – Incentives

A. Interpretation – Government purchases may be an incentive but they aren’t FINANCIAL incentives.

Sam Schoofs, Calvin College, 2004,       

B. Violation – the plan is procurement – that’s a nonfinancial incentive

C. Standards –

1. Limits – expanding the topic outside of financial incentives makes it limitless

Czinkota et al, Georgetown University McDonough school of business professor, 2009

Definition – “in” means within the limits of

Dictionary.com ’12 

Tournament: App State | Round:  | Opponent:  | Judge:
German growth now – exports key

Reuters 10-21-12 Germany likely posted surprise growth in Q3: finmin report, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/21/us-germany-economy-idUSBRE89K0I520121021

The German economy likely grew in the third quarter despite a weak global backdrop thanks
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came above all from non-euro zone countries," the report said.

The plan kills German exports - Germany has linked the demise of nuclear to their export strategy – this is key to Merkel

Baetz 10-15-12 Juergen (AP Staffer), Germans face hefty bill to end nuclear power, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121015/eu-germany-energy/

There were cheers around Germany when Chancellor Angela Merkel announced last year, in the
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a hedge against rising fossil fuel prices and a step toward energy independence.

Merkel key to the Euro 

Smith ’12 Patrick (correspondent, commentator, editor, and critic for more than thirty years, primarily for the International Herald Tribune and The New Yorker), "As Merkel Goes, So Goes the European Union," The Fiscal Times, 9-4-12, www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2012/09/04/As-Merkel-Goes-So-Goes-the-European-Union.aspx#page1

The European Union is likely to take a step to finalize the Continent’s economic and
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to accept Europe, and that is what we are about to witness.

This crashes the global economy, sparks a wave of nationalism, and protectionism

The Guardian 6-16-12 Larry Elliott, Helena Smith in Athens and Julia Kollewe, World Bank warns that euro collapse could spark global crisis, http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jun/16/world-bank-euro-collapse-crisis

The outgoing head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, will warn the G20
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We are starting to see some increase in the use of trade restrictions."
Economic collapse leads to global war.
Lind, New America Foundation Economic Growth Program Policy Director, 5/11/2010
Michael, "Will the great recession lead to World War IV?," http://www.salon.com/news/economics/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/05/11/great_recession_world_war_iv

If history is any guide, an era of global economic stagnation will help the
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Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania in 1984 is all too easy to imagine.