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Bill: Reform of Agriculture
Details
Submitted by[?]: Solidarity & Justice
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 2907
Description[?]:
| 1. Farm size 2. Subside Policy |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Article 2
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: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Proposed: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:17:06, March 12, 2010 CET | From |  Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Reform of Agriculture |
| Message | Mr Speaker, if this is a sign of things to come with the Solidarity and Justice Party, we recommend that they give up now. Mr Speaker, why on earth should farmers be forced to merge with others? It will simply disincentivise the agricultural community and negate the right to private property. |
| Date | 15:46:51, March 12, 2010 CET | From | House Lusk-Nat'l Syndicalist Party (UM) | To | Debating the Reform of Agriculture |
| Message | Mr Speaker, this law does not "force" farms to merge, it "encourages" them, probably through tax breaks and other means. |
| Date | 18:05:05, March 12, 2010 CET | From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Reform of Agriculture |
| Message | Mr Speaker, we all know that in the eyes of some force and encourage are two sides of the same thing. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 321 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 70 |
| Random fact: The voters enjoy active parties who take upon themselves the initiative to create laws. |
| Random quote: "The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre |