Take A Stand Paper-

Your paper MUST be on ONE of the following topics.

TAKE A STAND (pro/con, yes/no, thumbs up/thumbs down) on ONE of the following subjects.

You must state clearly state your position and then justify your answer with at least three (3) outside sources You may NOT use the textbook. None of your sources can be older than September 2014.

1. Should the United States allow the Keystone Pipeline to be built? (connecting oil sands in Canada with refineries in the United States--that's the global business connection)

2. Should Turkey be allowed to join the European Union?

3. Should the United States be part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)?

4. Should the United States end sugar subsidies/tariffs? These are the country's very oldest tariffs, dating back to the 18th Century. They protect sugar growers (mainly in Florida)and corn growers (Midwest), keep US sugar prices artificially high, drive jobs out of the US, and keep sugar-growing nations in the developing world and Caribbean trapped in poverty since they can't export to America. DO NOT DEFEND SUBSIDIES USING THE HEALTH ISSUE. You can find other reasons, but these tariffs very definitely weren't put into place to protect our bodies from cheap sugar.

5. Should a new, larger Caribbean-Pacific canal be built through Nicaragua? (You will need to consider environmental issues in this one)

6. In the long run, will allowing more migrants into the country help or hurt the German economy?