Speech #2 Topics – Persuasive speech
Directions: Select one of the following
topics (or you may come up with a different one). At the bottom of the page, answer the
question as a thesis statement.
Social Security
Should govt. force businesses to provide health care to all
their workers?
Minimum wage
Should govt. be responsible to educate everyone?
Should there be choice (vouchers) in education?
Should education be privatized?
Should the govt.
or the individual be responsible for solving the overweight problem in
Should the government be more responsible for protecting
ecosystems against environmentally
damaging corporations?
Should government provide unemployment insurance?
Should there be affirmative action?
Should there be consumer protection laws/class action
lawsuits?
Should there be a graduated income tax? (Should the wealthy pay more in taxes to help
the less
fortunate?)
Should there be punishment or rehabilitation for drug
offenses?
Should individuals/corporations be able to file for bankruptcy?
Should companies be prevented from "outsourcing"
work to other countries?
Should there be laws forbidding physician-assisted suicide?
Should there be censorship of the internet?
Should the government pass laws enforcing environmental
restrictions on companies?
What should the function of our prison system
be...primarily punishment or rehabilitation?
Should the government pass laws prohibiting the
establishment of monopolies?
Should the government establish price and wage regulations?
Should parents be held responsible for crimes committed by
their children?
Should a mother be held responsible for health problems of
her baby because of her actions
while
she was pregnant...drugs/alcohol/smoking?
What is the government's social responsibility to immigrants?
Legal? Illegal?
Should the government provide benefits to illegal aliens?
Should the restrictions be tightened on immigration to the
Should it be a crime to help an illegal immigrant?
If an illegal
immigrant is in the
Your thesis:
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