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Bill: Deregulation of Farming
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independence Coalition
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: November 2481
Description[?]:
| Small scale farming is incredibly inefficient, in order to increase food production and crop yields, and therefore decrease food prices for the masses, we propose that farming be deregulated in order to allow larger farms to come into existence. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Farm size is not regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:50:51, November 05, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Deregulation of Farming |
| Message | No, the only people who would run large scale farms our corporations and disgustingly rich individuals who use the poor for work by paying them the bare minimum. Small farms are much more efficient for our country, as we don't have a lot of farm land as it is, and smaller farms can more easily cater to a specific kind of crop, thusly allowing for the best results for all. |
| Date | 03:38:58, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary State Socialist Party | To | Debating the Deregulation of Farming |
| Message | Hmmmm.... I'd think regulating farm size is needless regulations on our people. |
| Date | 03:49:59, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Kébé Front | To | Debating the Deregulation of Farming |
| Message | Do you really? If you don't regulate farm size, quality goes down. Sure you get a little bit more food, but it's like comparing a five-start French restaurant with McDonald's! |
| Date | 03:54:21, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Independence Coalition | To | Debating the Deregulation of Farming |
| Message | Smaller farms have less money to devote to pesticides, and research on hybrid plants. Both measures would not only increase crop yield but quality. Also your comparison is irrelevant a tomato is a tomato, and a cucumber is a cucumber. |
| Date | 03:56:49, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Kébé Front | To | Debating the Deregulation of Farming |
| Message | Yes, but I'd have to say a poisoned cucumber is different then a normal cucumber. |
| Date | 04:07:23, November 05, 2007 CET | From | 帝国公明党 (Teikoku Kōmeitō) | To | Debating the Deregulation of Farming |
| Message | Pesticides are regulated by the government and generally discouraged, so there really would'nt be alot of research into them. Secondly Hybrid plants fall under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology ministry, and we do offer programs that help alleviate the monetary burden of such research. Beyond that, just creating basic hybrid plants does'nt cost a great deal of money as it is. |
| Date | 05:14:48, November 05, 2007 CET | From | Independence Coalition | To | Debating the Deregulation of Farming |
| Message | Basic genetic hybrids do not cost much, but genetically engineered hybrids, that is a different story. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 182 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 337 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 80 |
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