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Bill: Small Farmer Aid Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Leviathan 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: September 2041
Description[?]:
| While large agricultural conglomerates may be able to weather a bad season, small farmers with limited resources cannot. Many farmers cannot afford to replace obsolete of broken equipment, and depend upon the uncertain harvest for their simple livelihood. As part of providing economic security to our citizens, the state should provide subisides to farmers in need to ensure their businesses can remain afloat. |
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 allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Small Farmer Aid Act |
| Message | We were about to propose full collectivisation, but this would be an acceptable first step. |
| Date | not recorded | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Small Farmer Aid Act |
| Message | And hopefully last step in that direction. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Small Farmer Aid Act |
| Message | I was wary of an agricultural subsidy bill because because our economic relationship with other nations is unknown at the moment and I don't want another CAP pricing farmers in developing nations out of the market. However, this seems reasonable. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Small Farmer Aid Act |
| Message | Since this only proposes subsidies for smll farmers, we will support. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Small Farmer Aid Act |
| Message | No one ever looks after the tall farmers. It's so unfair. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Small Farmer Aid Act |
| Message | Oh, dear.... |
| Date | not recorded | From | Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Small Farmer Aid Act |
| Message | On looking through the choices I feel the current is the best, again why move this to a national level. It just means more control and paperwork for the farmers. Local governments can craft this policy to protect against abuse by gentleman farmers and the like. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 70 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 15 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 10 |
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