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Bill: Help the Farmers Act of 2915
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federalist Party of Vanuku
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: April 2917
Description[?]:
| Members of the Assemblage, It is time we show our farmers that we care! This act has two benefits: 1. It gives some farmers assistance to continue farming important crops, when prices may be low. 2. It will ensure that plant species important to the survival of our people are preserved. I hope for a swift resolution to this matter. Thank you, Ryan Bentz Minister of Food and Agriculture |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:51:28, March 30, 2010 CET | From |  Partij van de Toekomst | To | Debating the Help the Farmers Act of 2915 |
| Message | "The LDP acknowledges the positive intent of the FPV, but we cannot support this proposal. If a private organisation, such as a farm, cannot sustain itself in its current form then it must reform and re-establish itself until it is efficient enough to maintain itself. By subsidising certain organisations, we're encouraging them to run inefficiently as they will always turn to the Government when times get tough. It's an unnecessary burden on the tax-payers. Instead, we should be encouraging these organisations to become efficient and sustainable by forcing them to reform and develop better business practices at times when they are otherwise unprofitable. We understand that it is easy for politicians to fall into the trap of sympathising with those who say "Oh, but it's a vital industry". If it really is such a vital industry, demand will always exist. It is a economic principle is that where-ever there is demand, a supply will always arise. We should be leaving this to market forces, not forcing our citizens to cough up for the poor administration of a failing business." Mrs Sybilla Brinkerhoff LDP Woordvoerder van de Assemblage / LDP Spokesperson to the Assembly |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 121 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 80 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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