WY - House advances doomsday bill.

[Irish]

Interesting legislation moving forward in Wyoming.

State representatives on Friday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the United States.

House Bill 85 passed on first reading by a voice vote. It would create a state-run government continuity task force, which would study and prepare Wyoming for potential catastrophes, from disruptions in food and energy supplies to a complete meltdown of the federal government.

The task force would look at the feasibility of Wyoming issuing its own alternative currency, if needed. And House members approved an amendment Friday by state Rep. Kermit Brown, R-Laramie, to have the task force also examine conditions under which Wyoming would need to implement its own military draft, raise a standing army, and acquire strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier.

Feel free to discuss.

[polymorpheous]

Not sure why a landlocked state would need an aircraft carrier.

[Irish]

Not sure why a landlocked state would need an aircraft carrier.

I thought the same thing. Maybe for when the big one hits?

[dmaxfireman]

Not sure why a landlocked state would need an aircraft carrier.

I don't understand that either...


How effective could a state government be if there was actually a scenario like this. Reminds me of the old TV series Jeracho.

[Beat Trash]

Or where you'd park it. I wonder how much the docking fee would be to park that thing?

How much of the tax payers money is being spent to conduct this study if the bill is passed?

[kartoffel]

Maybe the aircraft carrier part was a joke to see if anybody at the capitol was awake. They still passed it unanimously.

In all seriousness though, making a plan at the state level is OK. Now to start lobbying for that contract to mint the WY currency. They'll need a bunch printed up head up time just in case ya know.

[QuietShootr]

This would be easy, and you could do it relatively inexpensively.

The state supplies a weapon and complete TA-50/PPE to every eligible adult, or you could take a tax deduction for purchasing your own, if it were of a standard type. Establish commo SOPs and SOIs for the state.

Everyone fit to serve must qualify with that weapon on a standard course biannually. You have to pay for it, except in cases of documented hardship, but the fee would be tax deductible.

Organize community-based units of all eligible citizens. Mandatory muster and inspection twice a year (could be combined with qualification), and random individual readiness inspections that the individual could opt-out of (but the reward for participating and passing an individual readiness inspection would be a tax credit.).

Design a new currency, purchase the equipment necessary to print/mint it, and keep it in readiness. Ensure it's backed with gold. Acquire a state gold reserve to back the currency should it be necessary.

There. You're 99% ahead of everywhere else in the country, and for minimal expenditure.

[Irish]

At first glance it appears to be quite similar to the Fed's Continuity of Government Commission. Outside of the aircraft carrier it would appear that Wyoming will be a state that takes contingency plans seriously, I like that.

[LRS143]

Now which part of this will the Federal Govt. feel like they can step on? I'm all for it because it's obvious that it will be needed at some point with the direction of the Fed. All States should be working on similar plans and I would gladly be a part of it here. We would surely let Wyoming park their Aircraft Carrier down here in Texas; we have plenty of coastline available.

[sproc]

If they are preparing for a collapse of the federal government, seems strange if their contingency plan is basically a mini version of the same: centralization and mandate.

Draft: Am I the only one appalled by that notion? Make a soldier's pay higher than the average job and you'll have plenty of volunteers. No need for limited-slavery-for-a-good cause, which is antithetical to a free state. Just because previous generations of Americans were okay with it doesn't mean we should in the future.

Currency: This need not be established by the state at all. The private sector is more than capable of providing superior currency once the government stops interfering with legal tender laws. If the people want to use gold and silver coins, gold-backed certificates from banks, bitcoin, paypal, whatever, they'll make it work and it will be efficient and free. To be prepared for a transition to such, Wyoming would still want a store of gold or anything of tangible value that could be converted to the prevailing currency. I agree it might be prudent to have coin minting equipment ready to go (government or private) as use on day 1 until the market decides what it wants to use.