The Imperial Dominion of the South's Legislature

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Forgive my absence, and I vote AYE on the Corporate Tax bill.

[Mr. Taft Republican]

3-0, the bill passes and awaits signature. Since there isn't a speaker am  able to put up your bills for debate, PiT? Or just cool heels until a Darth gets to it?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     On the IDS Corporate Tax Rate Act: by the powers vested in me as Emperor of this region, I thus sign it into law.

     Be it resolved, X Emperor PiT

[Associate Justice PiT]

     According to the Constitution, a bill can only be introduced by the Emperor, a Darth, or the petition of two citizens. Since I've already appointed somebody to the seat, it's probably just as well that we wait for that person to swear in & then hold an election for Imperial Speaker.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Im am considering if I should make a bid for Speaker, unless TB75 wants to run instead.

[Dancing with Myself]

I will run if anyone wants me too

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I will run if anyone wants me too

I will support you.

[Dancing with Myself]

I will run then.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I am getting tired of waiting on the appointee. If he does not swear in by 10 PM CDT tonight, I will investigate appointing somebody else.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

     I am getting tired of waiting on the appointee. If he does not swear in by 10 PM CDT tonight, I will investigate appointing somebody else.

Bacon King is the appointee?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I am getting tired of waiting on the appointee. If he does not swear in by 10 PM CDT tonight, I will investigate appointing somebody else.

Bacon King is the appointee?

     Aye, that he is.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Alright we now have three Darths again, so we should elect a new speaker. I think I will allow 48 hours for the members of the Legislature to declare their intent to run for Speaker.

[Dancing with Myself]

I'm running for speaker

[CatoMinor]

     Alright we now have three Darths again, so we should elect a new speaker. I think I will allow 48 hours for the members of the Legislature to declare their intent to run for Speaker.

Isn't that your #2 in command's job? I don't think 48 hours are needed, we have one candidate for speaker who appears to have unanimous support, so can we just get to the vote to speed things up a bit?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Alright we now have three Darths again, so we should elect a new speaker. I think I will allow 48 hours for the members of the Legislature to declare their intent to run for Speaker.

Isn't that your #2 in command's job? I don't think 48 hours are needed, we have one candidate for speaker who appears to have unanimous support, so can we just get to the vote to speed things up a bit?

     I don't think there's anything that clearly defines whose job this is, actually. At any rate, tradition is to not hold a vote if there is only one candidate for Speaker, so I will ask Taft to declare tb75 the Speaker, so we can move on to other business.

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Sowwy ,  tb75, congrats you're hereby delcared Speaker of the Legislature of the Imperial Dominion of the South!

[Dancing with Myself]

Sowwy ,  tb75, congrats you're hereby delcared Speaker of the Legislature of the Imperial Dominion of the South!

Thanks, do I need to take an extra oath or anything

[Associate Justice PiT]

Sowwy ,  tb75, congrats you're hereby delcared Speaker of the Legislature of the Imperial Dominion of the South!

Thanks, do I need to take an extra oath or anything

     No, no extra oath needed. I suggest you organize the bills that have been proposed (five in total) into a queue. You can just order them in the order they were proposed, though I suggest moving the Budget Combination Bill to the front, since we need to pass it before we can finalize the regional budget.

[Dancing with Myself]

Yes, Mr. Emperor. I hereby introduce this to the floor:


IDS Budget Combination Bill

1. For budgetary purposes, collection of revenue for state-level taxes and payment for expenditures due to state-level programs shall be handled by the regional government of the Imperial Dominion of the South.

2. No state in the Imperial Dominion of the South may levy an income tax on its citizenry.

[Dancing with Myself]

I agree with part 1, but I think we should keep some kind of Income Tax, if not it will hurt the government. The original Confederacy died  financially because of no income taxes

[Yelnoc]

I agree with part 1, but I think we should keep some kind of Income Tax, if not it will hurt the government. The original Confederacy died  financially because of no income taxes

This is a game play thing.  We don't have people playing at the state level.  Thus, it makes no sense to assume that the states are acting independently of the Regional Government.  The point of combining the budgets is to unify the Region and States where it matters; the pocketbook.

Oh and check the Domestic Dispatch.  There's some south'ron news for ya

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Also, this just eliminates the state-level income tax. While the numbers are obviously not finalized, what I've seen so far suggests that we can get rid of the state-level income tax & still retain a significant surplus.

[Dancing with Myself]

     Also, this just eliminates the state-level income tax. While the numbers are obviously not finalized, what I've seen so far suggests that we can get rid of the state-level income tax & still retain a significant surplus.

Well Nevermind. The bill does not really mention it though

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Yes, Mr. Emperor. I hereby introduce this to the floor:


IDS Budget Combination Bill

1. For budgetary purposes, collection of revenue for state-level taxes and payment for expenditures due to state-level programs shall be handled by the regional government of the Imperial Dominion of the South.

2. No state in the Imperial Dominion of the South may levy an income tax on its citizenry.

I vote AYE, this will prevent both local corruption, and a federal powergrab..(Its not likely  that Yelnoc or Tmforthu will betray us though)

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Also, this just eliminates the state-level income tax. While the numbers are obviously not finalized, what I've seen so far suggests that we can get rid of the state-level income tax & still retain a significant surplus.

Well Nevermind. The bill does not really mention it though

     It's not something that would be easily condensed, though FYI the numbers are here. The combined state & regional surplus comes out to about $255 billion, while eliminating the state income tax will cut revenue by no more than $35 billion.

     Now we could obviously get away with much deeper tax cuts, but this is just a measure to simplify the combination process. We've already barred states from levying corporate income tax, but the income tax numbers on the state level combine personal & corporate income, & passing this bill would negate the need to attempt to separate them. We just need to get a final budget put together so we can decide what to do next in regards to the budget.