The following points show examples of a disadvantage format.

1. Recessions cost lives

A. Link

The Affirmative plan costs money and jobs = recession

(insert evidence case specific)

B. Brink

We are already pushed to the limit

USA Today, Robert Davis, Oct 16, 1992

The middle class was hurting before the recession, says University of Utah economist Mary Merva.

_We were already pushed to the limit,_ says Merva, who co-authored a study of unemployment in 30 big cities with 80 million people from 1976 to 1990.

_This could be the straw that breaks our back._ (brink)

C. Impacts

1. Poor economy=more deaths

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A study out today says a poor economy in 30 selected cities is responsible for:

-6.7% more murders--730 a year.

-3.1% more deaths from stroke--1,386 annually.

-5.6% more fatal heart disease--17,654 a year.

Another report blames the recession for 1,170 more suicides in the USA--up 3.9%.

2. Poor economy=sick society

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The study found that a 1 percentage point rise in unemployment meant more crime:

-Violent, up 3.4%

-Non-violent, up 2.4%

_Stress can be directed inward, like smoking, drinking or having higher blood pressure,_ Merva says, _or outward like beating your wife, abusing your child._

Johns Hopkins University economist Harvey Brenner, author of a similar report, says a troubled economy breeds a sick society.

_Health and social well-being of the country is directly affected by the behavior of the economy,_ he says.

_When national economic decisions are made, health concerns should have a seat at the table