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Bill: Responsible Agriculture
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialanarchist Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2382
Description[?]:
| Ruthless exploitation is going to destroy our nation. Neither today nor tomorrow but, in the not so distant future, it will if we do not stop it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Current: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Proposed: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Current: Local governments may choose to regulate pesticides certification programs.
Proposed: The government approves and regulates agricultural chemical use.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 03:00:06, March 29, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Responsible Agriculture |
| Message | Fishing quotas? Great. That means those with friends in government get the permits and everyone else wanting to fish waits. I'm sure the Communist Party will love this one. Everyone will be equal, but some will be more equal than others. |
| Date | 10:26:24, March 29, 2007 CET | From | Federal Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Responsible Agriculture |
| Message | Whoa, justexpecting corruption? Any reasons for this? |
| Date | 15:23:10, March 29, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Responsible Agriculture |
| Message | Because government officials who are in charge of fishing quotas dole them out at there own flexibility, which opens it up to corruption from bribery to outright favortism. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 316 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 168 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 116 |
| Random fact: Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification. |
| Random quote: "There is only one difference between dictatorship and democracy. In democracy, you vote and then take orders; in dictatorship you don't waste time voting." - Joseph Stalin |