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Bill: Efficient Agriculture Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos
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: October 2075
Description[?]:
| In order to protect our effectiveness in farming and to support farm incomes, the government should encourage economies of scale by providing incentives for larger farm operations |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning farm size.
Old value:: Farm size is not regulated.
Current: Farms that grow too large are broken up and the land redistributed.
Proposed: Small farms are encouraged to merge together into larger ones.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:20:36, June 30, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Efficient Agriculture Act |
| Message | This bill will not only helo farms be more profitable, but through economies of scale they will lower food prices and thus help our nation's poor. |
| Date | 02:20:55, June 30, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Efficient Agriculture Act |
| Message | helo = help. |
| Date | 01:46:32, July 02, 2005 CET | From | People's Progressive Party | To | Debating the Efficient Agriculture Act |
| Message | How will they lower food prices if by merging they will create less competition? |
| Date | 16:27:15, July 03, 2005 CET | From | Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Efficient Agriculture Act |
| Message | There will still be plenty of competition, and the larger farms will benefit from economies of scale. For example, you still only need to buy one tractor, but can cover twice as much ground with it. |
| Date | 18:13:39, July 03, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Efficient Agriculture Act |
| Message | NO |
| Date | 18:26:34, July 03, 2005 CET | From | National Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Efficient Agriculture Act |
| Message | We must stand by our principles - We respectivlly dissagree. This would severily hurt our free market system (or whats left of it) from economic growth and development. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 124 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 208 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 23 |
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