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Bill: Low Income Farmer Subsidy Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Progressive Alliance (IA)
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: June 2923
Description[?]:
| An act to provide relief for small, low-income farmers. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:16:17, April 12, 2010 CET | From | Constitutionalist Imperial League (IA) | To | Debating the Low Income Farmer Subsidy Act |
| Message | Mr Speaker, When we subsidize low income farmers, we subsidize failure. A capitalist system requires competition and requires that those who cannot operate a succesfull business fail. This proposal is socialistic in nature and we completely oppose it. I yield. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 117 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 49 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 34 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference." - Ralph Nader |