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Bill: Agriculture Subsidies Abolisment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Oligarchists
Status[?]: defeated
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: January 2087
Description[?]:
| I think it's clear... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:40:28, July 26, 2005 CET | From | Kommunistische Arbeitspartei | To | Debating the Agriculture Subsidies Abolisment Act |
| Message | What is clear? How is letting farmers starve 'clear'? |
| Date | 20:45:52, July 26, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Agriculture Subsidies Abolisment Act |
| Message | I believe that in the matter whereby crop failure occurs, there does need some form of assistance to farmers. |
| Date | 10:26:40, July 27, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Oligarchists | To | Debating the Agriculture Subsidies Abolisment Act |
| Message | I would note that given modern agricultural technologies, crop failure is something of a non-issue. |
| Date | 10:55:23, July 27, 2005 CET | From | Kaiserliche Bundpartei | To | Debating the Agriculture Subsidies Abolisment Act |
| Message | Most farmers are insured to cover most such failures. However, subsidies that help stablize the effect of market prices is a must. If a particular crop drops to levels unsustainable for that farmer, it can ruin them. |
| Date | 10:55:38, July 27, 2005 CET | From | Capitalist Freedom Party | To | Debating the Agriculture Subsidies Abolisment Act |
| Message | True, there are such technology as sprinklers. And I doubt that Dundorf suffers a regular drought at all like Australia. |
| Date | 11:27:20, July 27, 2005 CET | From | Kaiserliche Bundpartei | To | Debating the Agriculture Subsidies Abolisment Act |
| Message | Currently, our subsidies are handed out according to need, IE. farmers with crops with low market prices will recieve subsidies. Of course, these subsidies are NOT going to make a cheap crop very profitable, but they will allow farmers the income to support a family (and the ability to actually shift crops rather than be forced to sell and cut their losses). |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 49 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 178 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 18 |
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