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Bill: Strong Agricultural Economy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secular 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: June 2419
Description[?]:
| There is no need to give inefficient subsidies to the agricultural sector. |
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 | 19:52:31, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Luthori Christian Women's Association | To | Debating the Strong Agricultural Economy Act |
| Message | We would support this. Belinda Braithwaite (Leader of the LCWA) |
| Date | 21:15:13, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Strong Agricultural Economy Act |
| Message | We could support this, but would rather see subsidies used to encourage farmers to use traditional organic methods that (I) preserve the Luthori rural environment and (II) equalise the prices of organic foods withchemical ridden pseudo-foods, giving housewives and mothers the genuine option to choose healthy foods that don't cost the earth, without having to pay more. |
| Date | 22:41:30, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Strong Agricultural Economy Act |
| Message | Well, the proposal that did what you suggested failed to pass. So, if this option is what you consider your second best one, you better support it. |
| Date | 22:56:16, June 24, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Strong Agricultural Economy Act |
| Message | We will. |
| Date | 02:34:04, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Teleurstelling Party | To | Debating the Strong Agricultural Economy Act |
| Message | So we are to send aid all over the world but deny it to our own farmers...hmmm. No thank you. |
| Date | 04:55:00, June 25, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Strong Agricultural Economy Act |
| Message | Subsidizing economic activities that create products is often inefficient. Subsidizing agricultural activities will simply lead to more farmers, and those farmers will flood the market with their products, producing a surplus that will lower wages to their lower level. Meanwhile, the extra people that became farmers are no longer doing other work, and the costs of items and services that they would have otherwise done is increased. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 48 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 29 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 6 |
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