Mideast Assembly Thread

[California8429]

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A-Bob has been elected Speaker 5-0

True Conservative has now become the Dean of the Assembly

[California8429]

Abortion Reduction

Section 1
a.   There shall be a $1,000 health care deduction for children under the age of 3.
b.   Upon birth, a child in the Mideast may receive a non-taxable health savings account starting with the funds from clause a. Money may be deposited and withdrawn at any time for health related purposes of the child.
c.   A married couple may receive another $500 deposit from the Mideast for the new born child.

Section 2
a.   Parents who do not pay their child support payments will be subject up to a $25,000 fine and or up to 3 years in prison.
b.   Parents who do not pay their child support payments will be exempt from any hunting or fishing license.
c.   Parents who do not pay their child support payments will not be allowed to use casinos. Casinos will be required to do a computerized background check on all customers before allowing them to enter the building.
d.   The computerized background check system will be created and given access to casinos and any other company or organizations that asks for the system by the Mideast government.

Section 3
a.   Section 1 will be funded by “Family support payments” in the regional budget and “State Children's Health Insurance” as well as the funds collected in Section 2 clause a.
b.   Section 2 will be funded by “Regional law enforcement and security” in the regional budget as well as the funds collected in Section 2 clause a.

Section 4
a.   The law will take effect after the passing of the regional budget.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I would like to introduce this now that we're in the new session:

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[Badger]

I would like to introduce this now that we're in the new session:

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FWIW, I actually have to agree with A-Bob and Inks on the definition of "firearm". The key word appears to be "designed", which would talk an awfully convoluted ruling from a trial judge (not that those ever happen, right Junkie ) to interpret to mean an unloaded or temporarily inoperable firearm.

[Junkie]

FWIW, I actually have to agree with A-Bob and Inks on the definition of "firearm". The key word appears to be "designed", which would talk an awfully convoluted ruling from a trial judge (not that those ever happen, right Junkie ) to interpret to mean an unloaded or temporarily inoperable firearm.

The only reason we get it in the jury instructions is because it is in the statute.  That being said, the statute is fine.

[Dr. Cynic]

Because the Governor has no office, I post this here:

All heads of regional govt's, please check my office (The Internal Affairs office) for important business...

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

He does... it's still in the old board.

[tmthforu94]

A new stimulus bill has been introduced:

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SoIA Cynic has requested that each Governor state where they believe their region needs the most funds, and where it needs the least. I have already been in contact with Senator Yankee on this matter, as has A-Bob. I'm opening this up to the entire Assembly now, and even private residents of the Mideast.

Where do you feel our region could use more money, and where could we use less?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Do you support this new stimulus package? I don't.

[tmthforu94]

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[tmthforu94]

The flow of bills going through is starting to slow down a bit, so I suggest we spend some time focusing on the budget. If someone has a bill they'd like to introduce, you can still introduce it, and we'll discuss it. But during this busy time, the budget has taken a back-burner, and I think it's time to bring it to the front.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'd like to introduce a second abortion reduction bill, this one addressing things such as adoption, which wasn't covered in the original. I was too lazy to try to amend the original while the debate was going on, and if I actually got the work ethic to introduce this, I wouldn't know the wording to use, so I'd need help from a more senior member.

[California8429]

We can't debate the budget really until we get a report from the GM.

[tmthforu94]

I'd like to introduce a second abortion reduction bill, this one addressing things such as adoption, which wasn't covered in the original. I was too lazy to try to amend the original while the debate was going on, and if I actually got the work ethic to introduce this, I wouldn't know the wording to use, so I'd need help from a more senior member.

Inks would be great for that. Actually, any of your colleagues would be, and I could pitch in too. It's okay if the first draft isn't perfect.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I'd like to introduce a second abortion reduction bill, this one addressing things such as adoption, which wasn't covered in the original. I was too lazy to try to amend the original while the debate was going on, and if I actually got the work ethic to introduce this, I wouldn't know the wording to use, so I'd need help from a more senior member.

Inks would be great for that. Actually, any of your colleagues would be, and I could pitch in too. It's okay if the first draft isn't perfect.

Yeah... draft up a rough sketch and I'll work with it.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I'd like to introduce a second abortion reduction bill, this one addressing things such as adoption, which wasn't covered in the original. I was too lazy to try to amend the original while the debate was going on, and if I actually got the work ethic to introduce this, I wouldn't know the wording to use, so I'd need help from a more senior member.

Inks would be great for that. Actually, any of your colleagues would be, and I could pitch in too. It's okay if the first draft isn't perfect.

Yeah... draft up a rough sketch and I'll work with it.

Thing is, I don't really know how to spell out in reality "increase availability of orphanages". That takes a lot more than just those four words. I'll probably work on it on Microsoft Word for a couple of days, though I'm going to be really busy tomorrow.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I'd like to introduce a second abortion reduction bill, this one addressing things such as adoption, which wasn't covered in the original. I was too lazy to try to amend the original while the debate was going on, and if I actually got the work ethic to introduce this, I wouldn't know the wording to use, so I'd need help from a more senior member.

Inks would be great for that. Actually, any of your colleagues would be, and I could pitch in too. It's okay if the first draft isn't perfect.

Yeah... draft up a rough sketch and I'll work with it.

Thing is, I don't really know how to spell out in reality "increase availability of orphanages". That takes a lot more than just those four words. I'll probably work on it on Microsoft Word for a couple of days, though I'm going to be really busy tomorrow.

OK... I mean... even just an outline.  Something I can work with.

[tmthforu94]

Assembly:

As Governor of the Mideast, I'd like to first thank you for doing this. Hopefully questions will be answered in this meeting that will lead to economical improvements in our nation. That being said, my question for you is this: What would recommend the Mideast Assembly do to create a stronger economy for our region and lower our high unemployment numbers?

I would think instead of focusing on abortion reductions or doing very little at all recently, you might want to press on to create green jobs. Or really any jobs. You're not writing much legislation right now, so maybe redouble your efforts to spur them to focus on regional employment measures until the stimulus can pass.

While I personally disagree with the SoIA's comments that we've done very little recently, as I think we've made several improvements already in education and a couple other areas, as well as a nearly completed budget, he is right on the fact that we should be doing more to create jobs. So any of you, feel free to write something up, and we can work with it. Or maybe I just will have to.

[tmthforu94]

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Link to "Mideast Anti Union Busting Statue": https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Mideast_Anti_Union_Busting_Statute

[California8429]

Assembly:

As Governor of the Mideast, I'd like to first thank you for doing this. Hopefully questions will be answered in this meeting that will lead to economical improvements in our nation. That being said, my question for you is this: What would recommend the Mideast Assembly do to create a stronger economy for our region and lower our high unemployment numbers?

I would think instead of focusing on abortion reductions or doing very little at all recently, you might want to press on to create green jobs. Or really any jobs. You're not writing much legislation right now, so maybe redouble your efforts to spur them to focus on regional employment measures until the stimulus can pass.

While I personally disagree with the SoIA's comments that we've done very little recently, as I think we've made several improvements already in education and a couple other areas, as well as a nearly completed budget, he is right on the fact that we should be doing more to create jobs. So any of you, feel free to write something up, and we can work with it. Or maybe I just will have to.

It is a complete waste of time to do any economic growth bills really before the budget is passed. 1) everything is reset 2) what are you going to do, cut imaginary corporate tax numbers or something and then have that replaced once the budget passes? 3) have the spending repealed?

If anyone wants to draft something, go ahead, but I'm not going to waste any time until the budget is passed and we actually have substance to work with and can specficially control the funds.

[Badger]

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Link to "Mideast Anti Union Busting Statue": https://uselectionatlas.org/AFEWIKI/index.php/Mideast_Anti_Union_Busting_Statute

Ugh! So we switch prosecution of illegal union busting from The Mideast Department of Labor to the individual him/herself? Jane Doe vs. Wal-Mart: See which side runs out of money first and we can all guess the outcome of this legislation.

What possible reason is there to repeal the Union-Busting Statute? It's worked fine. This seems just a iron hand in a velvet gloved way of weakening employees rights to organize in favor of large corporations.

"Right to Work" simply means that any advances made by union employees in a company for better working conditions, health insurance, and other fringe benefits are granted to non-union workers who leach of the organizaton's hard won negotiations without ever having to pay union dues or potentially go on strike. If that's the case, why would anyone ever join a union?

But then that's the real point here, isn't it?

[tmthforu94]

To the Assembly,
As many of you know, I have officially announced my candidacy for President of Atlasia. I want to assure y'all that in no way will this distract me. My number one focus in Atlasia is not running that campaign, but it's doing my job and finishing out this term strong. Hopefully we can finish that dern budget this session!

Isaac

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

As pointed out by Afleitch, we do need to fix the Bake Sales Act to restrict it to baked goods.

[California8429]

As pointed out by Afleitch, we do need to fix the Bake Sales Act to restrict it to baked goods.

Do you have an amendment outlined to get it going? (Hopefully we can pass it by elections)

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I'd like to introduce the following as an amendment to The Bake Sale Act:

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