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Bill: GMO Legalization
Details
Submitted by[?]: Tukarali Communist Party
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: February 2442
Description[?]:
| A bill to allow GM foods to be grown and sold without limit, as they are a cheaper foodstuff for which there is absolutely no proof of any danger. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:53:15, August 10, 2007 CET | From | Liberal Democratic Party | To | Debating the GMO Legalization |
| Message | We Agree. It will Help the poor sustain itself. |
| Date | 09:30:07, August 11, 2007 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the GMO Legalization |
| Message | In a recent poll of the Tukarali population, most people agreed that genetically modified crops should NOT be allowed (posted here: http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/viewnews.php?nation=20). It is our job to not only protect the health of our citizens, but also to pass legislation that they want us to. That is what they elected us for. |
| Date | 11:28:53, August 11, 2007 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the GMO Legalization |
| Message | Contrary to popular belief, genetically modified crops do not help to feed the poor. Suppose a company invested millions in reserach to create a vegetable which is 20% more productive. The farmers just have to buy a couple of seeds, and he can harvest the seeds a hundredfold, even selling them to neigbouring farmers, if the seeds haven't naturally been transferred there already (by wind/birds..) already . It's what economist call a public good. So, the company want to make money, and adapts the gene so it only grows 1 year, and they'll have to buy from them again each and every year. In any case, there's enough food on the world, it's only not properly deistributed. Why do you think so-called wine seas, milk lake, tomato mountain,.. are destroyed? Because there's too much. Besides that, there's the possibility of health risks. Years back, when pesticides, PCBs, asbestos became on the market nobody knew about health risks. We can't be too sure about what we're eating. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 63 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 413 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to prevent confusion by ensuring unofficial or outdated bills labelled as "Cultural Protocols" are removed from their nation page. |
| Random quote: "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names." - John F. Kennedy |