Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Monday, February 27, 2012
Lawmakers in Wyoming have introduced a bill that would compel the state to prepare for a complete collapse of the federal government, laying plans for an alternate currency, a standing army raised via a military draft, and an aircraft carrier.
“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,” reports the Wyoming Star-Tribune.
Compared to the rest of the country, Wyoming’s public finances are in a relatively good condition, a fact that has spurred lawmakers to protect the state against contagion from other areas that could develop in the aftermath of a massive financial collapse.
The bill (PDF) lays the groundwork for how the state would respond in the event of a sudden devaluation of the dollar or “a situation in which the federal government has no effective power or authority over the people of the United States.”
“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 Quarberg, R-Thermopolis, 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.”
The bill has to pass two more House votes before it can be considered by the Senate. If passed, the task force would have until December 1, 2012 to submit a report to the governor detailing the continuity of government plan.
While authorities at both the state and federal level are making preparations for social dislocation, with FEMA recently ordering $1 billion dollars worth of dehydrated food, a total of 420 million meals, Americans who buy food supplies in bulk are being characterized as potential terrorists by the FBI.
Continuity of government plans implemented at the federal level are so sensitive that when the plan was last updated in 2007, Congressman Peter DeFazio was barred from seeing the details despite being a sitting member of the House Homeland Security Committee.
Peter DeFazio (D – OR) was asked by his constituents to see what was contained within the classified portion of the White House’s plan for operating the government after a catastrophic terrorist attack, but was denied access, leading him to comment, “Maybe the people who think there’s a conspiracy out there are right.”
Five years later, the biggest threat posed to America’s survival in its current form of government stems not from terrorists but from the country’s huge unsustainable national debt and the possibility of another economic collapse.
A USA Today article published yesterday quoted three separate financial experts who all concur that the worst of the financial turmoil is yet to come, with trend forecaster Gerald Celente warning of an “economic 9/11″ that will provoke mass civil unrest fueled by anti-government sentiment.
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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
Wyoming-2012-HB0085-Introduced
2012 STATE OF WYOMING 12LSO-0044
1 HB0085
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0085
Government continuity.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Miller, Burkhart, Davison,
Edmonds, Jaggi, Kroeker, McKim, Peasley,
Quarberg and Teeters and Senator(s) Jennings
and Peterson
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to governmental studies; providing for a
2 task force to study governmental continuity in case of a
3 disruption in federal government operations; providing for
4 a report; providing appropriations; and providing for an
5 effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
8
9 Section 1.
10
11 (a) There is created a government continuity task
12 force consisting of the following members:
13
14 (i) Two (2) senators appointed by the president
15 of the senate;
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1
2 (ii) Two (2) representatives appointed by the
3 speaker of the house;
4
5 (iii) The director of the department of homeland
6 security or his designee;
7
8 (iv) The attorney general or his designee;
9
10 (v) The adjutant general or his designee;
11
12 (vi) The director of the department of
13 agriculture or his designee; and
14
15 (vii) The director of the oil and gas
16 conservation commission or his designee.
17
18 (b) The task force shall study potential impacts on
19 Wyoming of, and preparation of the government and the
20 people of Wyoming for, a potential disruption of the United
21 States federal government including, but not limited to:
22
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1 (i) Potential effects of the rapid decline of
2 the United States dollar and the ability to quickly provide
3 an alternative currency;
4
5 (ii) Potential effects of a situation in which
6 the federal government has no effective power or authority
7 over the people of the United States;
8
9 (iii) Potential effects of a constitutional
10 crisis;
11
12 (iv) Coordination between the governor’s office,
13 Wyoming national guard and any federal military in Wyoming;
14
15 (v) Potential effects of a disruption in food
16 distribution;
17
18 (vi) Potential effects of a disruption in energy
19 distribution.
20
21 (c) The task force shall submit a report and
22 recommendations with respect to the issues specified in
23 subsection (b) of this section to the governor and the
24 legislature by December 1, 2012.
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2 (d) Members of the task force who are legislators
3 shall be paid salary, per diem and mileage as provided in
4 W.S. 28-5-101 for their official duties as members of the
5 task force. Members of the task force who are state
6 employees shall not be paid any additional salary for their
7 official duties as members of the task force. The
8 legislative service office shall staff the task force.
9
10 (e) There is appropriated from the general fund:
11
12 (i) Eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000.00) to
13 the legislative service office for purposes of this act and
14 payment of salary, per diem and mileage for legislative
15 task force members;
16
17 (ii) Fourteen thousand dollars ($14,000.00) to
18 the governor’s office for payment of authorized per diem
19 and mileage for nonlegislative task force members.
20
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1 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
2 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
3 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
4 Constitution.
5
6 (END)
