SENATE RESOLUTION: Appropriations Freedom Resolution (Debating)

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What amendment was Tack considering?

I think it was posited in the petition thread but I cannot remember off hand.

Maybe Atlasia should try and impose some sort of "deficit reduction rule" similar to the one the EU does irl? Where we get Paygo only if the deficit is above a certain % over GDP in the last budget? If people want a compromise that could be one I guess.

The EU rules impose certain supervision and controls on countries where the budget deficit is above 3% of GDP, which seems like a sensible rule I guess, if it's good enough for the real life EU it is good enough for me.

The last federal budget had a deficit of -562 billion dollars. Assuming GDP is the same as RL, that means the Atlasian deficit is 2.7% of GDP. So Atlasia's deficit is not that large and slightly below the warning threshold. And I trust this administration and Congress will bring it down further.

Remember, the important number to reduce is not the debt per se (though reducing that one is great). It is reducing the Debt/GDP ratio that is important.

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Did DC launch a coup on Yankee while I was away from the forum last night/today due to my anxiety?

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Did DC launch a coup on Yankee while I was away from the forum last night/today due to my anxiety?

Appears DC does not have any power, but given the motion passed anyway, NCY decided not to fret over an irrelevant technicality.

Pulling an ASV I see

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Did DC launch a coup on Yankee while I was away from the forum last night/today due to my anxiety?

Appears DC does not have any power, but given the motion passed anyway, NCY decided not to fret over an irrelevant technicality.

Pulling an ASV I see

DC decide did this once or twice in the past congress. Ironically my first reaction was to make a joke about Devout being an ontario sock. Frankly my preference would be that Ontario does these when I am not on/working etc and thus to keep things official, but as long as Ontario or myself certifies the final result, it should be fine.

The one downside is that the topic line doesn't get changed and the noticeboard as well, so when Devout or Ontario start a vote, they should really PM the members because this can lead to lower turnout with the topic line/noticeboard being updated later/not at all as happened here.

I mean you can do a lot of things in Congress if no one objects lol

ASV a couple times had a tendency to open a final vote on his own despite him not being speaker when I was running the Fremont legislature largely because I interpreted it as a desire for my job of sorts. ASV to his credit seems (along with Pericles) actually improved recently.

Of course your case is different as neither Fremont Senator is coming for your job lol.