Mideast Assembly Thread

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Aww, all that nifty math for nothing?

I'd have liked to keep it, but passing the bill is more important.

[Barnes]

Aww, all that nifty math for nothing?

I'd have liked to keep it, but passing the bill is more important.

Perhaps you should introduce a separate bill with the gas tax, and have the money go into a simple education fund?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Perhaps you should introduce a separate bill with the gas tax, and have the money go into a simple education fund?

I will, once we deal with HappyWarrior's bill, and my bill.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Voting is now open on the following bill.  This will be a 48 hour vote:

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[Kaine for Senate '18]

AYE.

[HappyWarrior]

AYE

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

AYE

[California8429]

AYE

[big bad fab]

AYE

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

On the final vote for The Return of Rhetoric Bill:

The AYEs are 5, and the NAYs are 0.  The AYEs have it.  The bill is transmitted to the Governor for his veto or signature.

[Purple State]

Aww, all that nifty math for nothing?

Don't lose your time on small bills.
Some big bills were "discussed" and voted in the previous session... but...

The problem is finding bills I can "score." A good amount of time in this game is spent on social or game reforms that I usually can't assess very effectively. Occasionally we get something that I can extrapolate into an impact assessment, like the Northeast labor relations stuff. But usually this is not the case.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

HappyWarrior,

Are you ready for this to come to a vote?

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[HappyWarrior]

Yes Mr. Speaker

[Swedish Rainbow Capitalist Cheese]

The Return of Rhetoric Bill

Article I: Debate and speech shall be a mandatory part of the English curriculum for Mideastern students grades 9-12.
Article II: This bill shall go into effect for the 2010-2011 school year.

- Swedish Cheese

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

The following is now brought to a vote.  This will be a 48 hour vote:

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[big bad fab]

AYE

[HappyWarrior]

AYE

[Kaine for Senate '18]

AYE.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

AYE

[California8429]

AYE

[California8429]

I have a bill to introduce, though if anyone would like to make suggestions that would be kind

A RESOLUTION CONCERNING
    ALGAE PROMOTION AS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY Mideast Region
  WHEREAS:  Algae has the capability to replace all use of our dependence on foreign oil using only up to 1% of all farm land in atlasia
 WHEREAS: Algae can be used effectively as ethanol and can be harvested in one day
 WHEREAS: One acre of algae can produce the equivelant of up to 10,000 gallons of oil a year
 WHEREAS: Algae farming is expensive and some estimates show $32,000 needed to build one acre farm and $12,000 a year maintance
BE IT RESOLVED: The Mideast Assembly shall hereby grant a $5,000 tax credit for any farmer building two acres of algae farm for the next fiscal year. The $5,000 tax credit will be offset by a decrease in foreign energy imports. A 1% tax will be placed on the sale of one gallon of algae oil (ethanol).

[HappyWarrior]

I don't know if the government would be able to afford any sort of tax credit at present time.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Purple State, could we get a score from the GM's office on this?

[California8429]

I don't know if the government would be able to afford any sort of tax credit at present time.

but consider the mideast moving toward 100% energy independent region. we'd eventually be exporting energy instead of importing it from the Persian Gulf and Canada

[Purple State]

Purple State, could we get a score from the GM's office on this?

A score...on algae farms? I'll see what I can do.

EDIT: Is that $5,000 for every 2 acres? Or just for the first 2 acres?