SENATE BILL: Appalachian Region Development Act (Passed)

[YE]

Love the concept but we need a placeholder for this unless we want this done during the budget process.

[YE]

I alluded to this in a recent post on the FC board, but how would we feel about investing in a job retraining program for out-of-work coal miners and offering a lifetime UBI for miners who can't be retrained?  This should be a worthwhile strategy for a region that historically has been so dependent on coal.

I don’t support job retraining largely for political reasons IRL but may not mind as much in game. Strongly support a UBI though for those specific ex-workers.

[YE]

I alluded to this in a recent post on the FC board, but how would we feel about investing in a job retraining program for out-of-work coal miners and offering a lifetime UBI for miners who can't be retrained?  This should be a worthwhile strategy for a region that historically has been so dependent on coal.

I don’t support job retraining largely for political reasons IRL but may not mind as much in game. Strongly support a UBI though for those specific ex-workers.

Could you expound on this? I am dubious about them because they typically are an empty or impractical piece of political theater that gets peddled out with trade deals only for nothing to happen, workers to get screwed, schools to lose their tax base, and communities to decline etc.

Is your criticism of a similar variety or something different?

To the average boomer or Gen Xers, such rheotric is condescending if the policy is sufficent at best and at worst, it is not sufficient for the reasons you mentioned.

[YE]

Motion for a final vote.

[YE]

Withdrawing my final vote motion.

[YE]

Are we going to need Lumine for this?

Why would we? The GM no longer is responsible for cost estimates.

[YE]

Are we going to need Lumine for this?

Why would we? The GM no longer is responsible for cost estimates.

Right, sorry.  I should have said Clyde.

Do we though? This seems like something we set ourselves what investment is adequate.

[YE]

No objections.

I trust DC here.

[YE]

No objections.

[YE]

Sounds good.

[YE]

Aye.