<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Most <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>Idahoans</SPAN></SPAN> wouldn't notice if the United States went into economic collapse because most <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>Idahoans</SPAN></SPAN> already live in a State that has economically collapsed for them. $7.25 an hour is not exactly a livable wage unless you don't have rent or a <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>mortgage</SPAN></SPAN>, need medical care, pay <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-1><SPAN>utilities</SPAN></SPAN>, maintain a car, or need to eat or wear clothes. </SPAN></div>
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<DIV>Why is the Idaho Legislature falling behind Wyoming in <SPAN id=misspell-2 class=mark>looniness</SPAN>? What if Wyoming has an aircraft carrier floating on the Snake and we don't?<WBR><WBR>Ron Force<WBR>Moscow ID USA<WBR><WBR>Wyoming House advances doomsday bill<WBR><WBR>By JEREMY <SPAN id=misspell-3 class=mark>PELZER</SPAN> Star-Tribune capital bureau | Posted: Friday, February 24, 2012 6:00 pm | <WBR><WBR>CHEYENNE — State representatives on Friday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the United States.<WBR>House Bill 85 passed on first reading by a voice vote. It would create a state-run government continuity task force, which would study and prepare Wyoming for potential catastrophes, from disruptions in food and energy supplies to a complete meltdown of the federal government.<WBR>The task force would look at the feasibility of<WBR>Wyoming issuing its
own alternative currency, if needed. And House members approved an amendment Friday by state Rep. Kermit Brown, R-Laramie, to have the task force also examine conditions under which Wyoming would need to implement its own military draft, raise a standing army, and acquire strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier.<WBR>The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. David Miller, R-<SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>Riverton</SPAN>, has said he <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>doesn</SPAN>’t anticipate any major crises hitting America anytime soon. But with the national debt exceeding $15 trillion and protest movements growing around the country, Miller said Wyoming — which has a comparatively good economy and sound state finances — needs to make sure it’s protected should any unexpected emergency hit the U.S.<WBR>Several House members spoke in favor of the legislation, saying there was no harm in preparing for the worst.<WBR>“I don’t think there’s anyone in this
room today what would come up here and say that this country is in good shape, that the world is stable and in good shape — because that is clearly not the case,” state Rep. Lorraine <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>Quarberg</SPAN>, R-<SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>Thermopolis</SPAN>, said. “To put your head in the sand and think that nothing bad’s going to happen, and that we have no obligation to the citizens of the state of Wyoming to at least have the discussion, is not healthy.”<WBR>Wyoming’s Department of Homeland Security already has a statewide crisis management plan, but it <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>doesn</SPAN>’t cover what the state should do in the event of an extreme nationwide political or economic collapse. In recent years, lawmakers in at least six states have introduced legislation to create a state currency, all unsuccessfully.<WBR>The task force would include state lawmakers, the director of the Wyoming Department of
Homeland Security, the Wyoming attorney general and the Wyoming National Guard’s adjutant general, among others.<WBR>The bill must pass two more House votes before it would head to the Senate for consideration. The original bill appropriated $32,000 for the task force, though the Joint Appropriations Committee slashed that number in half earlier this week.<WBR>University of Wyoming political science professor Jim King said the potential for a complete unraveling of the U.S. government and economy is “astronomically remote” in the foreseeable future.<WBR>But King noted that the federal government set up a Continuity of Government Commission in 2002, of which former U.S. Sen. Al Simpson, R-Wyo., was co-chairman. However, King said he <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>didn</SPAN>’t know of any states that had established a similar board.<WBR>Contact capital bureau reporter Jeremy <SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>Pelzer</SPAN> at 307-632-1244 or
jeremy.pelzer@trib,com<WBR><WBR>Copyright 2012 <A href="http://trib.com/" target=_blank><SPAN id=misspell-11 class=mark>trib</SPAN>.com</A>. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<WBR><WBR>Read more: http://m.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/wyoming-house-advances-doomsday-bill/article_af6e1b2b-0ca4-553f-85e9-92c0f58c00bd.html#ixzz1nY441OSm</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV><WBR>=======================================================<WBR>List services made available by First Step Internet,<WBR>serving the communities of the <SPAN id=misspell-12 class=mark>Palouse</SPAN> since 1994.<WBR> <A href="http://www.fsr.net/" target=_blank>http://www.fsr.net</A><WBR> <SPAN id=misspell-13 class=mark>mailto</SPAN>:<A href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"
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