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Bill: Farming Subsidies
Details
Submitted by[?]: Elite Sinn Fein
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 2335
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government agricultural and farming subsidies policy.
Old value:: The government denies subsidy assistance to farmers.
Current: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Proposed: The government subsidises the operations of low-income farming families.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:37:15, December 26, 2006 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Farming Subsidies |
| Message | Against free trade are we? This only perpetuates the cycle of poverty in poor nations... |
| Date | 05:11:41, December 26, 2006 CET | From | Elite Sinn Fein | To | Debating the Farming Subsidies |
| Message | This is "agriculture" not "the market". And please, explain your point. |
| Date | 11:52:50, December 26, 2006 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Farming Subsidies |
| Message | Any subsidies are an intervention into the market, regardless of industry. Basic economics. Simply, subsidies mean that our farmers can sell their crops at a lower price than they could without. This means that poor nations, who can't afford subsidies, and their farmers are unable to effectively compete, simply because the playing field will never be level, let alone in their favour. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 13 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 87 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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