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Bill: Agricultural Deregulation Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Technocratic Nationalist 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 2614
Description[?]:
| For the future of Dorvik, it must be done. |
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: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Proposed: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Article 2
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: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Proposed: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: There is no government oversight or regulation of pesticides.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:00:05, July 30, 2008 CET | From | Proletariat | To | Debating the Agricultural Deregulation Act |
| Message | No to GMC! No pesticides! The farms must be all together and under farmers assembly control. The proletarians don't have any other interest. |
| Date | 23:42:25, July 30, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Democracy | To | Debating the Agricultural Deregulation Act |
| Message | Liberal Democracy supports the package, but we disagree with the rule which regards the regulation of pesticides (Article 3) |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 265 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 234 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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| Random quote: "The packaging for a microwavable 'microwave' dinner is programmed for a shelf life of maybe six months, a cook time of two minutes and a landfill dead-time of centuries." - David Wann |