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Bill: Agriculture Reform Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Freedom Party
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: May 2066
Description[?]:
| Agricultural subsidies are not needed at all. Removal of subsidies allows competition and free trade to all. Prices will not be artificial and will instead be their true market value. The market will determine the price and the demand for certain products and this will save the government money and allow it to be used in more worthwhile areas, such as education, health care and defence. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government subsidises agriculture based on market demand for the crop being grown.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:14:33, June 07, 2005 CET | From |  Freedom Party | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | Any thoughts on this? I advocate free trade when sensible and this is sensible, there is no need to subsidise agriculture. Allowing free trade benefits our citizens and also allows those countries that are poorer than us and that are better at producing agricultural goods to sell us their goods at a cheap price and without any unfair restrictions. |
| Date | 00:12:32, June 08, 2005 CET | From | New Democracy | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | For. |
| Date | 17:48:19, June 08, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | For, absolutely. I fought the pro-subsidy legislation as best I could when it was implemented, and I'll gladly vote it away now. |
| Date | 18:08:27, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | Should i put this to vote? |
| Date | 18:09:34, June 10, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | Giving agricultural subsidies based on market demand for the crop being grown guarantees that prices are kept low so even the poorest of citizens can afford them. I'm strongly opposed to this bill. |
| Date | 18:12:42, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | Its giving subsidies to farmers who cannot compete with low prices from other countries farmers. |
| Date | 18:18:06, June 10, 2005 CET | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | Not necessarily, if we subsidise a certain crop (based on the market demand for that crop) more farmes will be encouraged to grow that crop thus keepin prices low. |
| Date | 18:24:28, June 10, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Agriculture Reform Bill |
| Message | Should i put this to vote soon? I'm going to wait until September then i will put it to vote. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 179 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 68 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 52 |
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