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Bill: Strategic Crop Production Proposal
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: June 2596
Description[?]:
| Currently, our legislation takes the rather strange position of allowing local governments to craft agricultural policies. This is odd considering it allows local government the ability to either nationalise completely agricultural production, subsidise private farms or not provide any assistance at all. This is further problematic because it introduces unfair conditions into the area of food production of this nation allowing food production to be a political "ball game" in regards differing Counties of this nation. In order to guarantee a level, and competitive, "playing field" for all agricultural production, the Government will introduce the legislation as follows: In order to guarantee that there is always a minimum amount of basic food provision and that said food is produced and sold to the consumer at a price that is not overly extortionate, the Government will own and operate State farms to produce strategic crops (designated below). This produce will be sold at, or slightly above in order to assure return on investment, cost of production. All other produce, including that produced on State farms, can, and will, be produced by Private farmers on their own land and will have no outside interference, including the receipt of subsidies, in what food is produced as long as the standards of said production is of acceptable standards in both cleanliness of operations and safety of staff and livestock. Crops deemed strategic; 1. Wheat used for the production of a single type of brown wholemeal bread. 2. Dairy used to produce a full cream milk and hard cheese (both cheese and milk production will also allow competitive Private companies as well, should they wish to become involved. The aforementioned production will be limited to a single type of basic hard cheese and a standard full cream pasturised milk in order to guarantee the affordability of these basic foodstuffs to the general public). All other produce is to be left to the private sector allowing for easier and more fluid response to changing market conditions. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:37:51, June 22, 2008 CET | From |  National Imperial Hobrazian Front | To | Debating the Strategic Crop Production Proposal |
| Message | Full support. |
| Date | 22:54:33, June 22, 2008 CET | From | Social Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Strategic Crop Production Proposal |
| Message | We beleive in allowing the choice to be mitigated amongst the individual areas as each area has its own problems. We reject and deny the train of thought that a overbearing strategy can be applied to all areas and work. Thats why we reject this proposal. |
| Date | 05:58:50, June 23, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Strategic Crop Production Proposal |
| Message | The CNP opposes all nationalization of all aspects of agriculture. |
| Date | 09:03:37, June 23, 2008 CET | From | We Say So! Party | To | Debating the Strategic Crop Production Proposal |
| Message | Then we would recommend supporting this legislation that limits the scope of any nationalisation rather than the current law that allows for complete nationalisation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 206 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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