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Bill: Agricultural Reform Act II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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: March 2175
Description[?]:
| A bill to remove the communist influence from our government's handling of the agriculture industry. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Current: Farm size is not regulated.
Proposed: Farm size is not regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:44:29, January 23, 2006 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform Act II |
| Message | Would you give subsidies to a corporation? Why give subsidies to a farmer, who is legally a business, encouraging poor productivity, poor quality and poverty in nations who desparately need a level trading field. But then, socialism has never been about helping poor people. Article 2 remains a mystery for why farm size should be regulated. |
| Date | 11:17:23, January 23, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform Act II |
| Message | Again a shortsighted proposal by a laughable party with laughable policies. The lib-libs seemingly condone large agribusinesses benefitting at the expense of smaller farmers, who under the scourge of capitalism are often brought down to subsistence level. The party will happily propose unemployment benefit, but will deny subsidies to farmer,s who without their farms will lose their livelihood, as well as losing their homes! |
| Date | 12:56:10, January 23, 2006 CET | From | Fatherland Party | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform Act II |
| Message | NO |
| Date | 03:49:23, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform Act II |
| Message | "The lib-libs seemingly condone large agribusinesses benefitting at the expense of smaller farmers" And this is prevented by the second law how? "The party will happily propose unemployment benefit, but will deny subsidies to farmer,s who without their farms will lose their livelihood, as well as losing their homes!" If they are so poor, there are plenty of subsidies (phone, electricity, child benefit, free health and education, etc, etc) for them to receive. What else do they need money for? If they lose their farm, then they are unemployed, in which case they can receive unemployment benefits. I fail to see why we need to make poor people outside of Baltusia even poorer by screwing them over with subsidies and why we need to use taxes which can be better spent on welfare. Short-sighted indeed. "NO" What an insightful argument that is so well constructed, my respect for your party has skyrocketed. |
| Date | 04:20:14, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform Act II |
| Message | Regardless, worse comes to worse, if the agricultural industry is in financial trouble, a bail-out package is available from the government as it is a vital industry. To continue to ignore this fact is to reject reality. |
| Date | 17:22:05, January 24, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform Act II |
| Message | Farm = home and security. No farm = no home and security. |
| Date | 01:41:06, January 25, 2006 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Agricultural Reform Act II |
| Message | No farm = New job No home and security = Government welfare |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 114 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 224 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 23 |
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