Wyoming preparing for the worst

[Sn0man]

For those who are still convinced everything is just fine and dandy in the world today, here's something that might change your mind.

Stockpiling ammo and building bomb shelters is so Y2K. Preparing for the potential destruction of the United States of America, lawmakers in Wyoming are laying the groundwork for how to handle a doomsday scenario with a new piece of legislation.

Wyoming’s House Bill 85 has already passed a voice vote among state representatives, and now lawmakers will have a few more chances to look over the act before it could become a law. If the bill passes further House and Senate votes and is brought to the governor, the State of Wyoming could soon have a plan in writing to remediate any economic chaos, catastrophic fallout or massive uprising that would ravage America.

Under Bill 85, the State of Wyoming would install a continuity task force to be on the ready should America experience an economic or political collapse. It would lay the groundwork for governing the state’s citizens through anything from a shortage in the food supply and a disruption in energy distribution to the complete crumbling of the US political system.

According to the legislation, lawmakers want to be prepared for the forthcoming “potential effects of the rapid decline of the United States dollar,” which the state could counter by creating their own local currency in case of emergency. Also discussed in the bill are the possibilities of a “situation in which the federal government has no effective power or authority over the people of the United States” and the notion of “a constitutional crisis,”

In short, Wyoming wants to be ready for the end of America.

“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, told fellow lawmakers, reports the Star-Tribune. “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 rest: http://rt.com/usa/news/wyoming-bill-doomsday-85-327/

[Bsuds]

Doesn't change anything. They are just preparing for a worst case scenario.

[The Green Barbarian]

Changed my mind all right - the people of Wyoming are even loonier than I thought.

[grammafreddy]

I think any state in the US has an option to leave the "united states" and this may be what they are considering if the need should arise. I don't consider them to be looney at all. There's not too much doubt the US dollar is in serious trouble and it would make sense to me to make some preparations just in case. No point in sinking the life rafts when the ship goes down.

[D suzuki]

well said gramma