• Be 3,000 or more words. Bibliographies and citations do not count towards the overall word count. Please number each page of your paper.
• Present referenced facts and quotes that substantiate the assertions made in the paper. An assertion is any statement that characterizes the arguments made in the political debate over the issue.
• Present both sides of the issue in an objective, respectful manner.
• Be written in clear, grammatically correct English and be free of spelling errors.
• Accurately present arguments by multiple organizations leading the public debate (at least one in favor and one against.)
• Use a formal academic citation style (APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.).
• Contain a one page abstract that concisely summarizes which organizations you chose, three key arguments made for the policy and three key argument made against it.
National Debt of U.S.


