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Bill: Farmer Reforms Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Anti-Ownership Federation 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: August 2130
Description[?]:
| Low-income farmers should be subsidised.... |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:44:20, October 22, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | No, why should we subsidise farmers who are not efficient enough, hence why they are low income |
| Date | 16:20:04, October 22, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | No, we should not treat them any different from any other industry |
| Date | 21:05:51, October 22, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | So we should nationalize them all, and treat them like kings then? Right RP? =D |
| Date | 06:26:10, October 23, 2005 CET | From | Anti-Ownership Federation Party | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | UCA, thats just like saying that all poor people are poor coz they're not efficient..... there are so many other variables...... for some farmers its either farming on a low-budget level, on a small farm... or nothing.. these people have no other option........ |
| Date | 13:28:20, October 23, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | yes alright it was a poor comment, but we agree with what the Rationalists said: we should not treat them differently from any other industry and i do not believe that we should subsidise any industries. Why pump public money to prop up failing industries. |
| Date | 13:50:17, October 23, 2005 CET | From | Anti-Ownership Federation Party | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | ye... why pump money into social welfare, health, education at all? why not keep it all for ourselves......... |
| Date | 19:15:32, October 23, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | Or why not allow people to decide where to put it! What a concept! Charity! Let the people be master of their own fate.... |
| Date | 19:44:38, October 23, 2005 CET | From |  Federation Under Crazy Killers -- United | To | Debating the Farmer Reforms Act |
| Message | "ye... why pump money into social welfare, health, education at all? why not keep it all for ourselves........." Thats exactly correct. Privatize it all. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 125 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 130 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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