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Bill: BRRP Reform Package I: For Our Farmers
Details
Submitted by[?]: Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers 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: April 4140
Description[?]:
| TBD |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Current: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Proposed: Farm size is not regulated.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:53:50, December 23, 2016 CET | From | Freedom Socialist Party | To | Debating the BRRP Reform Package I: For Our Farmers |
| Message | Sorry, friends, but this proposal feels... strange to us. Farm size regulations are important for an number of reasons. If we have to be honest, our party feels this matter should actually be in the hands of the national government, with an national policy about it. We have an number of researches showing that there is an inverse relationship between the size of farms and the amount of crops they produce per hectare. The smaller they are, the greater the yield. The most plausible explanation is that small farmers use more labour per hectare than big farmers. With more labour, farmers can cultivate their land more intensively: they spend more time terracing and building irrigation systems; they sow again immediately after the harvest; they might grow several different crops in the same field. But beyond that, my friends. Dropping all regulations on farm sizes may be beneffical only to the big companies and old landowners, progressively pushing the small farmers of our country out of their jobs and lands. The land distribuction would be more and more unfair and unbalanced, which could generate problems as general rural unemployment (not all big lands are "useful" to the economy and provide jobs), rural exodus, an explosion on urban demography, causing more need to invest in services, etc. Our party cannot see the good aspects of this change, but we are willing to listen if that's the case. It's a no for now. Bernie Wolf Leader of the Freedom Socialist Party |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 260 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 340 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
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