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Bill: Local farms/local decisions
Details
Submitted by[?]: Protectorate 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: June 2051
Description[?]:
| We believe that the local governments are those best suited to identifying problems and providing the support to correct them. Their will be, when needed, financial support from the national government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: All agricultural operations are state-owned and operated.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:47:26, May 11, 2005 CET | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Local farms/local decisions |
| Message | And do local governments have the money to fund those subsidies? Or will they craft their policy and send the bill to the national government? Or what happens when the local government decide to cut funding to small farmers because they don't think it's worth it? Or to get rid of those freeloading bumpkins? Those subsidies represent a national commitment to protecting the citizens of our country from poverty and ruin. Doing away with them has only one purpose: to remove that protection from those most at need. If the government currently subsidizes all low income farmers, and we then give that choice to local governments, will that increase or decrease the number of farms protected from a bad harvest or downturn? Passing this bill will only decrease the protection granted by the government, and as such we have an ethical and moral obligation to vote it down and affirm our commitment to our citzens. |
| Date | 23:18:32, May 11, 2005 CET | From |  Protectorate Party | To | Debating the Local farms/local decisions |
| Message | We recomend the promotion of CSA's to aid smaller farms with emergency assistance from local governments, and only when all else fails bringing it to a national level. Community Supported Agr. is when locals (broadly speaking OOC: the farm I buy from is 100 miles away) pay a monthly or yearly fee in exchange for a share of the crops. Thus the farms receive a set income regardless of the crop yield. If there is a high surplus it can be sold. Larger farms do not need government intervention as these are run on a corporate model and barring large scale disaster can weather the weather. Local governement ca support the smaller farms in many ways including purchases from them or welfare recepients receive shares, etc. There is no need to bring the entire government and create a large entitiy to handle farm support. |
| Date | 11:19:38, May 12, 2005 CET | From | LibCom Party | To | Debating the Local farms/local decisions |
| Message | Since the agricultural sector is about to be collectivised, this bill is completely unnecessary. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 41 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 59 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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