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Bill: Anti-Regulation Act II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
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: October 2193
Description[?]:
| A bill to remove bizarre regulations on farm size. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 | 08:09:13, March 01, 2006 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Anti-Regulation Act II |
| Message | Can any party give a single, rational reason why the current law is in place? The only "argument" I've heard is from the Rev Socs who claim that this prevents small farms from being overwhelmed by corporate producers. This is faulty on two levels: firstly, if the small farm is overwhelmed, it will be either because their production methods are not as efficient or they willingly sold their famr to the corporation; secondly, the current law *forces* small farms to become big farms. What's the difference between a small farm being forced out of competition by a corporation and being forced to merge by the government? Either way, the original landholder loses full control of what used to be his farm. |
| Date | 16:26:41, March 01, 2006 CET | From | Revolutionary Socialist Alliance | To | Debating the Anti-Regulation Act II |
| Message | 'their production methods are not as efficient ' - yes, which is why we need to keep subsidising small agricultural businesses. 'the current law *forces* small farms to become big farms' - It is 'encouragement' I see in this particular legislation, nice scaremongering there. Encoruagement allows samll farming communities to work together to be a business controlled by themselves - a workers control farm, so to speak. |
| Date | 02:47:04, March 02, 2006 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Anti-Regulation Act II |
| Message | "which is why we need to keep subsidising small agricultural businesses" That doesn't make sense. You want to support businesses which are inferior? "Encoruagement allows samll farming communities to work together to be a business controlled by themselves - a workers control farm, so to speak." But don't small farmers already own their own farm? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 159 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 155 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 47 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "The key to understanding the American system is to imagine that you have the power to make nearly any law you want, but your worst enemy will be the one to enforce it." - Rick Cook |