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Bill: Farm Reform ( i )
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Telamon
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: July 2663
Description[?]:
| We need to deregulate all Telamonian industry and we believe it must start with our Agricultural Industry. By ushering in free market competition for the Agriculture Sector we should (in theory) see downwards pressure on production costs and an increase in efficiency, lowering the price of food for the average citizen. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:22:53, November 09, 2008 CET | From | Democratic Capitalist Delegation | To | Debating the Farm Reform ( i ) |
| Message | We believe there is a basic advantage to ensuring small time farms can afford to operate. This way, should the need arise, our nation can become dependent solely on its own farms and means of food production, ensuring self sufficiency. Allegra Cabrazi Chairwoman Democratic Capitalist Delegation |
| Date | 01:29:33, November 09, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Farm Reform ( i ) |
| Message | If we continue to permit unprofitable farming operations to continue then we will have a bigger and bigger hole burning through our pockets. By being subsidised, their own resources are being squandered and their own practices are not as efficient as they could be. By removing these subsidies, we should be able to maximize the output of profitable farms and increase our over national productive capacity. Trevor Dutton Deputy Leader Liberal Party of Telamon |
| Date | 17:57:28, November 09, 2008 CET | From | Telamese Defence League | To | Debating the Farm Reform ( i ) |
| Message | Outrageous. |
| Date | 19:55:16, November 09, 2008 CET | From | Radical Party | To | Debating the Farm Reform ( i ) |
| Message | While we agree with a free-market, this would destroy our small agricultural operations, and deny a century-long livelihood of thousands in the Antepec region. We vote against. Yasiji Kamatama Shadow Food and Agriculture Minister |
| Date | 19:34:52, November 10, 2008 CET | From | Social Democratic Party | To | Debating the Farm Reform ( i ) |
| Message | This bill has been killed. |
| Date | 00:34:12, November 12, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Farm Reform ( i ) |
| Message | nou |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 442 | ||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein |