懷俄明州眾議院推進經濟末日法案

Wyoming House advances doomsday bill
懷俄明州眾議院推進末日法案
By JEREMY PELZER
Star-Tribune capital bureau
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Posted: Friday, February 24, 2012 6:00 pm

CHEYENNE — 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.
CHEYENNE - 上週五州代表推進立法來開展一項研究，懷俄明州在美國的完全經濟或政治崩潰的情況下應該怎做。
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.
眾議院法案85以口頭表決通過一讀，這將創建一支州營的政府延續性工作小隊，它將研究和為懷俄明州準備潛在的災難，從食品和能源供應中斷至聯邦政府的徹底崩潰。
The task force would look at the feasibility of
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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.
如果需要的話，懷俄明州發出它自己的替代貨幣。和週五眾議院成員批准一項由州眾議員R拉勒米克米特布朗的修正案，責令專責小組亦要審查條件，在這之下懷俄明州將需要實施自身的軍事草案，提出一支常備軍，並取得攻擊飛機和一艘航母。
The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. David Miller, R-Riverton, has said he doesn’t anticipate any major crises hitting America anytime soon. But with the national debt exceeding $15 trillion and protest movements growing around the country, Miller said Wyoming — which has a comparatively good economy and sound state finances — needs to make sure it’s protected should any unexpected emergency hit the U.S.
該法案的發起人州眾議員R-裡弗頓的戴維·米勒，曾表示他並沒預期打擊美國的任何重大危機會很快來到。但在國家的債務超過15萬億美元，及越來越多全國各地的抗議運動，米勒說，懷俄明州 - 它有一個相對良好的經濟和健全的州財政 - 需要確保它受保護，如果有任何突發的緊急情況襲擊美國。
Several House members spoke in favor of the legislation, saying there was no harm in preparing for the worst.

“I don’t think there’s anyone in this room today what would come up here and say that this country is in good shape, that the world is stable and in good shape — because that is clearly not the case,” state Rep. Lorraine Quarberg, R-Thermopolis, said. “To put your head in the sand and think that nothing bad’s going to happen, and that we have no obligation to the citizens of the state of Wyoming to at least have the discussion, is not healthy.”

Wyoming’s Department of Homeland Security already has a statewide crisis management plan, but it doesn’t cover what the state should do in the event of an extreme nationwide political or economic collapse. In recent years, lawmakers in at least six states have introduced legislation to create a state currency, all unsuccessfully.

The task force would include state lawmakers, the director of the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security, the Wyoming attorney general and the Wyoming National Guard’s adjutant general, among others.

The bill must pass two more House votes before it would head to the Senate for consideration. The original bill appropriated $32,000 for the task force, though the Joint Appropriations Committee slashed that number in half earlier this week.

University of Wyoming political science professor Jim King said the potential for a complete unraveling of the U.S. government and economy is “astronomically remote” in the foreseeable future.

But King noted that the federal government set up a Continuity of Government Commission in 2002, of which former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson, R-Wyo., was co-chairman. However, King said he didn’t know of any states that had established a similar board.

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