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Bill: Land for the landless
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Democratic 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 2187
Description[?]:
| A policy of encouraging small scale, ecolocically sustainable agricultural development will mean that our people can feed themselves whilst having minimal environmental impact. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Current: The government allows local governments to craft agricultural subsidy policy.
Proposed: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farm size regulations are determined by local governments.
Proposed: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 16:12:42, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Land for the landless |
| Message | Aye. The CUP strongly approves of the EGP's new direction. |
| Date | 17:02:26, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Green Party | To | Debating the Land for the landless |
| Message | Yes. |
| Date | 17:31:32, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Land for the landless |
| Message | Redistributing the land is socialism! |
| Date | 17:38:16, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Democratic Party | To | Debating the Land for the landless |
| Message | Actually no it's not. This does not call for collective ownership. From a historical point of view land redistribution was a major factor in the change from feudal to capitalist systems. Anyway, tell us why you don't support it rather than what you think it's called. |
| Date | 21:06:52, February 14, 2006 CET | From | Shuggoth Progressive Party | To | Debating the Land for the landless |
| Message | Either a person owns his land or he doesn't. You can't have it both ways. If he owns his land, he should be able to use it as he sees fit. Allowing the State to step in and redistribute the land obviously is taking his ownership of that land away from him. You can nitpick if you like, but this is an attack on private property. And private property is core value of our entire economy! We are also opposed to the State subsidy of agriculture. |
| Date | 10:31:16, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Luthori Democratic Party | To | Debating the Land for the landless |
| Message | This bill represents a model of agricultural development which can achieve great things for the Luthori people, it will tacle the vastly unequal ownership of land in the country, provide the rural poor with the means to provide for themselves without reliance on the state and will encourage the production of food using techniques which will enhance and protect our environment. If an abstract notion of 'property rights' is more important to you than the ability of Luthori people to feed themselves then I can only shake my head in sadness. |
| Date | 13:04:25, February 16, 2006 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Land for the landless |
| Message | Hear, hear! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 496 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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