Xsampa

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Agricultural Support and Rural Care Act passes PAX; Asselin Administration looks to rural Xsampa first.

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June 15th, 5695
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Rural Xsampa has arguably one of the best treasures within Xsampa. It's natural landscape. However, often times, rural communities are forgotten. While past governments have made strides in bridging the rural-urban gap, the gap is still noticable. It's no surprise however that a conservative government, which has made agricultural investments and rural concerns a key priority, would look to the countryside and pledge to fix things. And act on it. This week, PAX has passed the Agricultural Support and Rural Care Act (AGRCA), which looks to drastically reexamine the countryside, and how socialism can tackle the urban-rural gap.

So, what does AGRCA do? For starters, a new Sub-Committee for the People's Committee of Agricultural Management, the Sub-Committee of Agricultural Stewardship. The SCAS will be responsible for national food planning in the sense of making sure reserved are kept up to date, set targets for reserves, set standards for soil and water, and coordinate with Local Committee's on rural infrastructure. Speaking of reserves, the formal creation of the National Food Reserve System, with the reserve consisting of staples, long lived proteins, emergency feed for livestock, and seed reserves, managed by the People's Committee of Agricultural Management in joint cooperation with worker co-operatives. The NFRS is to ensure that, should another Bargas Chenpo occur or any disaster similar to it, and foreign aid is unavailable, Xsampa can quickly provide aid to itself and affected Cantons.

Furthermore, the AGRCA looks to modify domestic market rules for rural communities to receive an equal benefit as urban communities. The only way Xsampans remember the Planned Economy is via history, as the Planned Economy was phased out in favour of Market Socialism almost 110 years ago. But, one thing that was beloved by rural communities were the price controls. While no government got back to setting those, instead trusting market socialism, the Asselin Administration has sought to restore some aspects, while avoiding the overt price controls. As such, a floor price will be established, to ensure dignity for farmers and a ceiling price to ensure consumers, urban and rural, benefit and are protected. Furthermore, the state will guarantee to buy a portion of crops from small agriculture worker co-operatives, with multi year contracts established to ensure that even the smallest co-operative has a buyer. For Social Enterprises, which are always going to be larger, they'll find themselves with a new regulation. They will be encouraged to report waste, and redistribute edible surplus where possible, at a discounted rate depending on the surplus. Punishment will be financial fines.

Finally, soil and water protections. Mandatory soil rest cycles will be enforced, and in Cantons that report high stress of water, caps on usage (which will be compensated via cooperation with other Cantons). Encouragements will be given for crop rotation. Such encouragements will come with more rural investments for Local Committee's, such as expanding rail lines, expanding machinery pools, seasonal labour guarantees, and training stipends. Say what you will about the Asselin Administration and the Conservative Coalition, but it's clear that Comrade Asselin is determined to ensure rural Xsampa benefits just as much as urban Xsampa.
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Today's Quote of The Day; "There can be no socialism without the full unity of the Proletariat. Urban or Agricultural. All for socialism, or nothing for socialism."
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Glory to the Xsampan Revolution! Glory to the Xsampan Proletariat!

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