The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

[Yelnoc]

Auto-nay.  I run track.  Trust me, running in a knee brace is no fun.

Well, i have had too knee surgeries and that is no fun. While it may limit athletes it is saving thousands of dollars for families in the long run

If people would stretch properly and coaches were smart about what they made their athletes do, this would be nearly as big of a problem.  A good alternative would be raising the hiring standards of coaches.  No more stories of high school freshman dying at summer football camp, please.

I still oppose knee braces on the grounds that they are unnecessary for the vast majority of athletes.  Out of curiosity, what sport do you play?

[Yelnoc]

Auto-nay.  I run track.  Trust me, running in a knee brace is no fun.

Well, i have had too knee surgeries and that is no fun. While it may limit athletes it is saving thousands of dollars for families in the long run

If people would stretch properly and coaches were smart about what they made their athletes do, this would be nearly as big of a problem.  A good alternative would be raising the hiring standards of coaches.  No more stories of high school freshman dying at summer football camp, please.

I still oppose knee braces on the grounds that they are unnecessary for the vast majority of athletes.  Out of curiosity, what sport do you play?

Football. I  was a deffensive lineman for 4 years. BTW, this has nothing to do with deaths

Cool.  And yeah, I kind of got carried away there.

I agree, injuries do need to be handled better.  I just don't think this is the right way to go about it.  I would support athletes playing certain positions on football teams to where mandatory knee braces but with many sport this has no real benefits and a lot of drawbacks.  Consider the catcher in baseball who is already covered in pads or the sprinter who can't afford to be slowed down by it.

This is one of those situations where a blanket approach will not work.

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What sport do you play?

[Yelnoc]

Much better.  I offer the below as a friendly amendment.  If anyone has any suggestions on how the region might pay for them (a sin tax, maybe?) please speak up.

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[Yelnoc]

Much better.  I offer the below as a friendly amendment.  If anyone has any suggestions on how the region might pay for them (a sin tax, maybe?) please speak up.

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What sin taxes do we have?

I think there is a tax on alcohol and tobacco along with a fee for getting a drivers license.  How about a sin tax on Marijuana since, according to PiT, pot is legal here.

[Yelnoc]

How is this?

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[Yelnoc]

PiT, let's say $3 an ounce.

GPORTER, I defined in the bill that an injury must be "serious" to warrant an ambulance ride. 

     $3.00 applied to what? Each ounce? Each joint? Each transaction? I'd suggest something more specific than that. Also, when setting the regional marijuana tax, please remember that marijuana is already subject to a 32% federal tax, pursuant to the National Sin Tax Act & the Amendment to the Marijuana Legalization and Taxation Act.

Each transaction i guess

$3 for a transaction is a steep price, I'd say maybe $.50 is reasonable, if I'm buying a dime bag I'm not gonna pay an extra three bucks...not that Iwould know.

Look at tobacco taxes.  They get up to the mid-four dollar range.

[Yelnoc]

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[Yelnoc]

Looks like all the debate that will happen has happened.  Viceroy, please put it to vote.

[Yelnoc]

Aye.

[Yelnoc]

Very good.  I'll have to add the Marijuana tax to the list.

I'm going to try and focus on the budget project until it is over with but if anyone has a bill please propose it (if you aren't a legislator shoot me a PM and I'll sponsor it).

[Yelnoc]

     I've been very busy lately, but I should have time to commit to the budget project after the weekend is over.

Same here.  I seem to have enough time to pop in on this site every now and again but not enough to work.

[Yelnoc]

Proposed for Emperor PiT

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I haven't read any of these laws but, judging by the names, most of them can safely go.  Any thoughts?

Also, if anyone wants to do for our revenues like I did for our expenses over in the Budget Committee thread I would be very appreciative.  I'm going to be in and out for a while again.

[Yelnoc]

As PiT explicitly noted, every single one of those laws have been superseded.  Their only remaining function is taking up bandwith.  I don't see why we should keep any of them around.

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Sounds good, I will propose that in bill format after we vote on the current proposal.  Taft, I'm ready to vote whenever tb75 and GPORTER are.

[Yelnoc]

As PiT explicitly noted, every single one of those laws have been superseded.  Their only remaining function is taking up bandwith.  I don't see why we should keep any of them around.

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Sounds good, I will propose that in bill format after we vote on the current proposal.  Taft, I'm ready to vote whenever tb75 and GPORTER are.

Yes I'm ready 2 vote...not sayin how I will vote yet...but Mr. Speaker don't get angry if I vote in the negative lol...

You could always proofread before posting.  And we're not texting, laddy.

[Yelnoc]

Aye.

[Yelnoc]

Option 1 sounds good.  I'll edit this with a proposal in a sec.

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I'm sure this could use some editing but I got to go.

[Yelnoc]

Option 1 sounds good.  I'll edit this with a proposal in a sec.

     Well, my idea was to allow them both as parallel options.

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I'm sure this could use some editing but I got to go.

     It might be wiser to just set new tax rates, since just saying that the ULCI does not apply to budgetary concerns still leaves open the question of what exactly our tax rates are. Of course, we should wait to do that until we have computed the real life regional taxation, so we can optimize our rates to balance the budget.

Well, yes.  I was thinking that said initiative might legally prevent us from setting new tax rates, which is what this law is for.  Once we have everything worked out, than new the new tax rates would fill the void.

[Yelnoc]

Sounds like a plan.

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Eh?

[Yelnoc]

Sounds good to me

This.  Yes Taft, it's vote time.

[Yelnoc]

      So am I correct to assume that you are rejecting my suggested amendment to the bill?

No, no I very much accept it.  Sorry for being obscure.  I quoted "it sounds good to me" referring to your amendment.

[Yelnoc]

Aye.

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[Yelnoc]

And we are ready to vote.

[Yelnoc]

Aye.