Northeast Assembly Thread

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

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Sponsors: Rep. hantheguitarman and Rep. justW353

The question is whether the bill should be considered?

The ayes have it.

Debate on this bill shall extend until at least Thursday, July 8th, 5:05 PM unless the debate period is shortened or extended in accordance with the SOAP.

The Sponsors, Rep. hantheguitarman and Rep. justW353, have the floor

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Here's my general logic for this bill. The Northeast Government should not be spend more money than it takes in, or else we'll run major deficits and run into economic problems. Now Representative justW353 and I understand that there may be some calamity where deficit spending may be needed, which is why we are fine with an annual deficit no higher than 15% of our annual income. Also, we need to pay for the deficit that we already have now, so that it will not pile up on our children.

[Ameriplan]

I support this bill, and so does the entire membership of the Presbyterian Party.

[Хahar 🤔]

That's led to problems in the real world where it's been attempted.

[Purple State]

I thank the Assembly for passing the Convention petition. Hopefully its actual implementation will legitimize it in the eyes of those of you who are on the fence.

William, I did not mean to take the vote of the Northeast Assembly for granted, but I was simply following the rules of the Constitution in calling for the creation of the Convention when I did. The current Constitution says that upon petition of the citizens of a majority of the regions, the president shall call a Constitutional Convention with the advice and consent of the Senate. The timing of my announcement was perhaps inopportune, but such is the pitfalls of having late nights.

Anyway, I do encourage you to read our draft Constitution and provide any constructive feedback. I do hope that the Convention will use the draft that we posted on the Wiki as a template, but I think that greater input will produce many other positive changes. The end result should be a Constitution that is cleaner and simpler, but also one that maintains the structure of the game as it stands now. Think of it more as cleaning up the Constitution, rather than overhauling it.

[Ameriplan]

I accept your explanation as legitimate and I look forward to working closely with the administration.

[justW353]

My colleagues, I wish I could present this case fully, but I do not have the chance.  however, I urge you to vote in favor of fiscal responsibility rather than voting to dig this region into a deeper hole.  please take the Speaker's argument as a acceptable reflection of my views.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

We will now hold a vote on The Balanced Budget Amendment. Representatives have 24 hours to vote.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Aye

[k-onmmunist]

Abstain

[Ameriplan]

Aye

[AndrewTX]

Aye!

[Free Palestine]

Aye

[justW353]

Aye

[ej2mm15]

Aye

[redcommander]

Aye

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

With seven ayes and one abstention, The Balanced Budget Amendment passes goes to the Governor's desk for his signature or veto.

[Ameriplan]

I would like to announce that I am inviting a delegation from Italy, France and Australia to the Northeast Capital New York City as an international mission of goodwill.

ITALIAN DELEGATION:

Minister of the Interior, Roberto Maroni
Minister of Federal Reforms, Umberto Bossi
President of the Senate, Renato Schifani
Minister of Infrastructures, Antonio Di Pietro

FRENCH DELEGATION:

Gérard Onesta, MEP, former Vice President of European Parliament
Lionel Jospin, former Prime Minister
Michèle Alliot-Marie. Minister of Justice

AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION:

Ron Boswell, Queensland Senator
Steve Fielding, Victoria Senator
John Howard, former Prime Minister
John Stanhope, Chief Minister of ACT

I am proud to welcome these luminaries to the Northeast.

[Rowan]

Are you guys still working? I vetoed the Balanced Budget act a few days.

[Ameriplan]

Are you guys still working? I vetoed the Balanced Budget act a few days.

It was a weekend and now it's the beginning of the week, so it may be a few days

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

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Sponsor: Rep. WilliamSargent

The question is whether the bill should be considered?

The ayes have it.

Debate on this bill shall extend until at least Thursday, July 15th, 1:18 PM unless the debate period is shortened or extended in accordance with the SOAP.

The Sponsors, Rep. WilliamSargent, has the floor

[Ameriplan]

I believe this tax cut will help grow our economy. I accept any proposals for amendment.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

I don't support this bill. I believe that increasing the minimum wage will hurt small businesses who are already struggling to pay their employees and make ends meet. Small businesses are doing everything they can to stay afloat, and do we really want to make their lives harder? Increasing the minimum wage will hurt the economy, cause a rise in unemployment, and will exacerbate the problems it was meant to destroy.

Aside from an ideological difference with this bill, there are practical and legal matters that conflict with this bill. The first problem, that we have a huge deficit, and it would be irresponsible to expand the deficit through tax cuts right now, lest we create a bigger deficit and mortgage our children's future. The second problem, is that this bill directly conflicts with already established law.

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In other words, we can't unilaterally increase the Northeast minimum wage. We must set our minimum wage equal to the Federal minimum wage. That is the law.

I shall be voting nay on this bill (no offense, Representative Sargent), and I hope the rest of the Northeast Assembly will do the same.

[Ameriplan]

I make a motion that we end debate and start voting imminently.

[AndrewTX]

I don't support this bill. I believe that increasing the minimum wage will hurt small businesses who are already struggling to pay their employees and make ends meet. Small businesses are doing everything they can to stay afloat, and do we really want to make their lives harder? Increasing the minimum wage will hurt the economy, cause a rise in unemployment, and will exacerbate the problems it was meant to destroy.

Aside from an ideological difference with this bill, there are practical and legal matters that conflict with this bill. The first problem, that we have a huge deficit, and it would be irresponsible to expand the deficit through tax cuts right now, lest we create a bigger deficit and mortgage our children's future. The second problem, is that this bill directly conflicts with already established law.

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In other words, we can't unilaterally increase the Northeast minimum wage. We must set our minimum wage equal to the Federal minimum wage. That is the law.

I shall be voting nay on this bill (no offense, Representative Sargent), and I hope the rest of the Northeast Assembly will do the same.

I agree with most of this statement. By increasing the minimum wage, especially by 5%, small businesses will really suffer the most out of all of this. As most of us know, the Northeast has a very lage small business block. If this were to pass, we would be killing the dreams and incomes of a lot of hard working people of this region.