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Bill: Farms freedom act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of Progressive Ulama
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: January 2185
Description[?]:
| While the Unionists take advantage of the farmers' grievances to try to overthrow the government, the UPU seeks legislative changes that will deliver a better life to rural people. The farms freedom act raises corporate taxes in order to subsidize low-income farmers, and meets local aspirations by allowing the muhafazah to craft pesticide and migrant worker programmes and local schools to decide their own policy on religious matters. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Tax percentage of the profit made by corporations.
Old value:: 50
Current: 25
Proposed: 55
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: Strategic crops are produced on State owned farms. All other produce is left to the Private sector.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government ignores illegal aliens.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the use of pesticides.
Old value:: Chemical pesticides, herbicides and fungicides are banned.
Current: Farmers are required to list chemicals used on their crops.
Proposed: Local governments may choose to regulate pesticides certification programs.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:51:25, February 11, 2006 CET | From |  Ishtirakiya Party | To | Debating the Farms freedom act |
| Message | The only real way we can return freedom to the farmers is to re-nationalize the farms. |
| Date | 23:39:13, February 11, 2006 CET | From | Union of Progressive Ulama | To | Debating the Farms freedom act |
| Message | Possibly. At least we can see that the Unionists' demands are nothing but a smokescreen for terrorism, from their "no" vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 168 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 582 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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