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Bill: Farming Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Artanian Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei
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: May 2308
Description[?]:
| We propose that the government offers help to poor farmers. People who are tied to the land, because of tradition and family ties should be aided in their attempts to keep ownership and usage of their land. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: Agricultural crops which are considered beneficial to the enviroment or to the continued ecological safety of the state are subsidized.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:02:53, November 01, 2006 CET | From | Noordelijk Bevrijding Front | To | Debating the Farming Bill |
| Message | If there is no demand for a good then we should not fund farmers who do not diversify. |
| Date | 23:29:11, November 01, 2006 CET | From | Artanian Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei | To | Debating the Farming Bill |
| Message | Why should they diversify? Should we allow the global economy to dictate our way of life? Or should we attempt to save our way of life? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 40 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 135 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 24 |
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