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Bill: Bill 467
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rutanian Democratic Party
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: March 3854
Description[?]:
| Mr. Speaker, To futher advance Rutania's position in the Terran agriculture industry, we must invest in our farms in order to increase profit and thus increasing our GDP. Dirk Belheim Food & Agriculture Critic |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:51:44, May 31, 2015 CET | From | Capitalist Working Families | To | Debating the Bill 467 |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, (1) This bill will destroy FREE TRADE with our partners in THIRD-world countries that are facing STARVATION and mal-nourishment because they cannot sell their crops on the world market. (2) THIRD-world farmers are much more EFFICIENT and growing crops than Rutania and their crops can pass at LOWER rates at the supermarket for consumers. (3) if this government SOCIALIZES (subsidizes) INEFFICENT domestic farmers, it is making the decision that Government can "pick winners and losers." On the contrary, the role of Government is just to be the REFEREE that makes the rules. ---Aimee Chambers-McKay Minister of Health and Social Sciences |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 191 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 164 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 200 |
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