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Bill: Agricultural Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Hobrazia
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: October 2489
Description[?]:
| This bill proposes to reform agriculture to increase production, thus reducing costs for the average person and eventully enabling Hobrazia to become entirley self sufficent which will save the country money from inports and in times of war ensure that the people do not suffer from food shortages which have contributed to many a countries defeat in the past. This not only contributes to the welfare of the people but also forms a small but vital piece in our contries defence stradegy. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:17:26, November 15, 2007 CET | From | Partai Komunis Hobrazia | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform |
| Message | We will vote against this unjust act that takes power away from the people, |
| Date | 21:52:37, November 15, 2007 CET | From | Hobrazian Federalist Party | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform |
| Message | As will we. |
| Date | 00:35:10, November 16, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform |
| Message | Indeed. |
| Date | 17:20:18, November 16, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform |
| Message | This bill will not take power away from the people. Article 2 says nothing of forcing people into larger farms, they are merely encouraged. As for article 1 we believe that it is hypocritical of the goverment to nationalise the major industies while leaving agriculture untouched. Having agriculture state owned is the best way of ensuring self sufficency and in the process lowering food prices which will in turn increase the living standards of the people. |
| Date | 18:53:07, November 16, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform |
| Message | The government already operates farms to produce strategic crops to guarantee the low price of all basic necessities (currently bread, cheese, and milk if we remember correctly). Above and beyond that, the governments duty should not be to provide for any and all whims of the populace and so we leave this duty to the private sector who can most easily adapt to the changing forces within which the industry operates. |
| Date | 14:14:57, November 17, 2007 CET | From | Communist Party of Hobrazia | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform |
| Message | The private sector cannot be trusted to put the needs of the people before their own. This is why we must change the current system. |
| Date | 15:38:56, November 17, 2007 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform |
| Message | Which is why the government provides for the "needs" of the people through state owned farms. The private sector deals with the wants of the people. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 104 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 293 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 3 |
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