Solvency

Solvency is a stock issue that concerns whether the Affirmative's case will actually solve the harms it is attempting to solve. Essentially, solvency arguments ask, "Will this plan produce the desired effects?"

Use by teams
Affirmative teams must provide solvency support in the 1AC for their case to be complete. This often takes the form of an explicit "solvency" section (often immediately following the plan), but may merely be implied by other arguments (like advantages.)

Solvency is one of the most frequently contested issues by the Negative team, and often becomes a major issue in the round. Solvency arguments may also be used to set up disadvantages.