Mideast Assembly Thread

[tmthforu94]

How about 38% based on experience, 32% based on degree of education, and 30% based on merit for compromise?

I'm willing to accept these numbers.

[Barnes]

How about 38% based on experience, 32% based on degree of education, and 30% based on merit for compromise?

I suppose these will work.

[California8429]

Alright, so are we going to split funding up by class? I'm thinking higher education should be a seperate discussion from k-12.

Do we want funds to be decided like
$____science technology
$____science teachers
$____AP science classes
$____science materials
$____other

[Barnes]

Alright, so are we going to split funding up by class? I'm thinking higher education should be a seperate discussion from k-12.

Do we want funds to be decided like
$____science technology
$____science teachers
$____AP science classes
$____science materials
$____other

That seems alright to me. However, we might need to clarify "other."

[California8429]

Alright, so are we going to split funding up by class? I'm thinking higher education should be a seperate discussion from k-12.

Do we want funds to be decided like
$____science technology
$____science teachers
$____AP science classes
$____science materials
$____other

That seems alright to me. However, we might need to clarify "other."

Well other can change per specific class if there's anything that one would have over the over

[Badger]

FWIW, I think A-Bob has the right idea in terms of setting an initial budget based on a real life state (such as VA) to avoid having to reinvent the wheel. Maybe multiply the revenue amounts by the amount of "Virginias" it would take to made up the population of the entire Mideast. Take that as your "base line" present budget, then debate the potential changes for the next budget (I assume the region will do one budget for grubenatorial term, with the budget being made one "term" in advance, just as Congress in 2010 passed the FY 2011 budget.

It's a lot more complicated to do this at the regional level as there're a multitude of state tax and spending structures to try factoring in.

[tmthforu94]

Also consider this: How many years is the Virginia budget for? If we're doing each budget every four years, we'll need to multiply again by two or four.

[California8429]

Also consider this: How many years is the Virginia budget for? If we're doing each budget every four years, we'll need to multiply again by two or four.

since that specific piece is so important. I think we need to discuss a national vote to decide does one month equal one month or one year as this will effect all spending and if we aren't unified in this decision everything is thrown off

[tmthforu94]

Also consider this: How many years is the Virginia budget for? If we're doing each budget every four years, we'll need to multiply again by two or four.

since that specific piece is so important. I think we need to discuss a national vote to decide does one month equal one month or one year as this will effect all spending and if we aren't unified in this decision everything is thrown off

I think we need to consider each term as four years. That'll produce some big numbers in our budget which will scare people at first, but people will just have to be reminded that it is for four years, not one.

[California8429]

Also consider this: How many years is the Virginia budget for? If we're doing each budget every four years, we'll need to multiply again by two or four.

since that specific piece is so important. I think we need to discuss a national vote to decide does one month equal one month or one year as this will effect all spending and if we aren't unified in this decision everything is thrown off

I think we need to consider each term as four years. That'll produce some big numbers in our budget which will scare people at first, but people will just have to be reminded that it is for four years, not one.

Alright. Let's hope the Senate as well as other regions as they start to creat budgets, do the same

[RIP Robert H Bork]

I think that for budget purposes, it ought to be considered as four months.

[Хahar 🤔]

You can't actually define merit.

[tmthforu94]

Hey guys, we need to make some decisions. Like whether we're going by months or years, etc.

[Barnes]

Hey guys, we need to make some decisions. Like whether we're going by months or years, etc.

I apologize for my recent inactivity.

I'm not really sure about the length issue. I'd like to hear some ideas.

[California8429]

Hey guys, we need to make some decisions. Like whether we're going by months or years, etc.

I apologize for my recent inactivity.

I'm not really sure about the length issue. I'd like to hear some ideas.

I really don't care as long as we go as the same as the federal senate. Infrastructure funding is set up as something for 1 year

[tmthforu94]

Assembly, I hate to be pushy and annoying, but we really need to get a budget finished soon. Our first decision needs to be whether we are considering four months on here 4 years or 4 months. I guess we'll just have to hope other regions and the federal government follow suit, and if they don't, I suppose we'll reform ours. After making that decision, I'd suggest appointing a certain section of the budget to all 5 Assembly members and give them a couple days to write up their parts. Then we bring them all together and discuss them. If we still have more parts to do, I guess we could assign some more out until we have a completed budget. Then we'll put it all together and vote on it.

 Does that plan sound good?

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Assembly, I hate to be pushy and annoying, but we really need to get a budget finished soon. Our first decision needs to be whether we are considering four months on here 4 years or 4 months. I guess we'll just have to hope other regions and the federal government follow suit, and if they don't, I suppose we'll reform ours. After making that decision, I'd suggest appointing a certain section of the budget to all 5 Assembly members and give them a couple days to write up their parts. Then we bring them all together and discuss them. If we still have more parts to do, I guess we could assign some more out until we have a completed budget. Then we'll put it all together and vote on it.

 Does that plan sound good?

I suppose so. I recommend that we consider 4 months as 4 months because it's less confusing. We deal with the budget once every 4 months, and if we consider 4 months as 4 years, that would mean that we could be dealing with 2013/4 as we speak, and the 2020 budget will be written in 2011, an idea that I don't support. Moreover, I think that the federal government itself has the same system, but I'm not speaking with certainty there.

[California8429]

Alright. Four months is fourth months then. To start, let's cut infrastructure down to 1/4 of all funding

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Sorry I didn't get on earlier - 4 months as 4 months is good with me.

[Barnes]

Four months is also fine with me. years would get far too confusing. Also, I again apologize for my recent absence.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

So now, would we like to divy up the budget to the 5 members?

[RIP Robert H Bork]

So now, would we like to divy up the budget to the 5 members?

We need to resolve who's dealing with which parts of the bill, then.

[California8429]

So now, would we like to divy up the budget to the 5 members?

We need to resolve who's dealing with which parts of the bill, then.

How about we all just call out what we want to work on? That way nobody has to do anything they really don't want

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Yall pick whatever - I don't care what I get.

[California8429]

Updated (Cut by 1/4)
Infrastructure
$7.3 billion for improvement and maintenance to roads, highways, and airports.
$725 million for construction to roads, highways, and airports.
$3.25 billion for improvement, maintenance and construction of mass transit including buses, subways, trains.
$1.875 billion for improvement and maintenance of water and sewer infrastructure.
$250 million for construction of water and sewer infrastructure.