本周五（2012年2月24日），怀俄明州议员们提议立法启动一项世界末日提案，研究当美国发生全面性的经济或政治崩溃的情况下，怀俄明州将如何应对。
这项第85号议案年通过了第一次阅读表决。它将成为第一个连续政府委员会专责小组，研究和准备怀俄明州怀自治政府，来代替潜在灾难中，从食品和能源供应中断并完全崩溃的联邦政府。
专责小组对这项议案的可行性进行了研究：
首先，如果需要的话，怀俄明州将自己发行货币。并且在周五，议员们通过一项修正法案，由代表Kermit Brown发起的，要求专责小组来考察在何等情况下，怀俄明州将进行自己的军事草案配置，提高常备军，并获得战斗飞机以及航空母舰。
这项议案的赞同者,州代表David Miller说，他并没有预期到近来会有严重的袭击事件发生在美国，但随着国家债务已经超过了15万亿美元的增长和全国各地接连不断的示威活动，Miller说，对于像怀俄明州这样一个目前还有着相对良好经济财政的州而言，我们需要来考虑保护我们自己州的人民，一旦有紧急事件发生在美国。
几个其他议员也纷纷发言表示支持这个法案，他们认为做最坏的准备总是没有害的。
“我不认为今天在这里开会的任何议员会认为这个国家目前处在良好的状态中，甚至全世界都是稳定的，处于良好的状态，因为这显然不是这样的。” 代表Lorraine Quarberg说，“如果我们只是把头埋在土里，然后认为不会有任何坏事发生，并且认为我们没有义务为怀俄明州的公民来讨论一下如果某些紧急事件发生的话会需要如何处理，那我想这个议员本身是不称职，也是不健康的。”
怀俄明州的国土安全部门已经有了一个全州的危机管理计划，但它不包括当全国范围内极端政治事件或经济崩溃时，州应该做什么。近年来，至少有六个州的立法者已经制定了法律来创建一个州立的货币，但到目前为止，均没有成功。
专责小组将包括州立法院，怀俄明安全部，怀俄明检察院，怀俄明国警察卫队官员等等。
议案必须通过两次的州议会投票通过，才可能前往参议院申请。议案计划拨款3.2万美元给专责小组，虽然联合拨款委员在本周早些时候称款项可能还会削减。
怀俄明州立大学的政治学教授Jim King 说，整个美国政府与经济的全面瓦解，在可预见的未来看，貌似不太可能。
但是他同时指出，联邦政府的确在2002年是建立一个连续政府委员会，美国参议员Al Simpson担当联合主席，然而，king说，他还不知道任何州建立过一个类似的委员会。
英文原文：
yoming House advances doomsday bill
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.
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.
The task force would look at the feasibility of
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.
The bill’s sponsor, state Rep. David Miller, R-Riverton, has said he doesn’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.
Several House members spoke in favor of the legislation, saying there was no harm in preparing for the worst.
“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.”
Wyoming’s Department of Homeland Security already has a statewide crisis management plan, but it doesn’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.
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.
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.
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.
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 didn’t know of any states that had established a similar board.
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