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Bill: Agriculture and Aquaculture Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Allianz für Freiheit
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 3437
Description[?]:
A bill to reduce government subsidies to farmers and privatize the fishing industry. |
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: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 06:48:57, February 04, 2013 CET | From | Allianz für Freiheit | To | Debating the Agriculture and Aquaculture Act |
Message | The AF supports subsidizing low-income farmers, but we oppose the current policy of subsidizing crops which are arbitrarily deemed to be beneficial to the environment. Furthermore, we see absolutely no reason why the commercial fishing industry should be state-run. -Steffan Pfaff, Minister of Food and Agriculture |
Date | 02:03:36, February 05, 2013 CET | From | Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei | To | Debating the Agriculture and Aquaculture Act |
Message | I definitely can't support this bill with Article 2, but I'm confused about Article 1. I want both of those things to happen, not choose one over the other. |
Date | 02:43:52, February 05, 2013 CET | From | Allianz für Freiheit | To | Debating the Agriculture and Aquaculture Act |
Message | OOC: I agree that Article 1 does seem weird- the two are not mutually exclusive. But being ecological skeptics, the AF would want to end subsidies for "ecological" crops. Some elements of the AF might not even be too thrilled about subsidizing low-income farms, but Pfaff is a bit to the left of his party there, for personal reasons. And since he holds the Ministry... I've actually written short bios for all of my frontbenchers. I'm just waiting on the HDV to publish them on the forums in the form of an article introducing leaders to the cabinet. |
Date | 02:51:51, February 05, 2013 CET | From | Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei | To | Debating the Agriculture and Aquaculture Act |
Message | Okay. I think I still won't vote for it though, Article 2 is unacceptable to the SDAP. |
Date | 11:53:07, February 05, 2013 CET | From | Internationale Kommunistische Partei | To | Debating the Agriculture and Aquaculture Act |
Message | The Federation opposes governmental agricultural subsidies and does not see the first act as an improvement. |
Date | 15:16:31, February 05, 2013 CET | From | Hosianisch-Demokratisches Verbund | To | Debating the Agriculture and Aquaculture Act |
Message | The HDV will stick up for our farmers and seek to keep this vital industry in business. We will therefore oppose this act, in order to perpetuate the role our farmers have in shepherding our valuable rural landscapes. |
Date | 18:37:22, February 05, 2013 CET | From | Allianz für Freiheit | To | Debating the Agriculture and Aquaculture Act |
Message | We feel that the HDV's logic on this issue is erroneous. The current law grant subsidies only to those farms who grow certain crops that the government considers beneficial to the environment, with no regard to their financial situation. This proposal will grant subsidies based on who needs them, rather than who decides to grow certain government-approved crops. -Steffan Pfaff, Minister of Food and Agriculture |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||
yes | Total Seats: 301 | ||
no | Total Seats: 449 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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