"Fearing an economic and political collapse nationwide, Wyoming lawmakers are moving ahead with legislation to deal with a doomsday scenario -- complete with plans to create a state currency.

“Things happen quickly sometimes — look at Libya, look at Egypt, look at those situations,” the bill’s GOP sponsor State Rep. David Miller told the Star-Tribune in Casper. “We wouldn’t have time to meet as a Legislature or even in special session to do anything to respond.”

According to the Star-Tribune, House Bill 85 would create a state-run “government continuity task force,” to prepare Wyoming for potential disruptions in food and energy to a complete breakdown of the federal government.

Miller is also asking for the task force to look into creating its own state currency in the event the dollar loses value entirely.

The Wyoming House of Representatives advanced the legislation on Monday, but eliminated language calling for plans to implement its own military draft, army and acquire an aircraft carrier.

However, Wyoming lawmakers on Tuesday voted down the state's "Doomsday Bill,".

The Wyoming House of Representatives voted 30-27 against the bill during a session Tuesday; 31 votes are needed to pass the bill. It already was stripped Monday of provisions for the aircraft carrier and draft.
The bill originally was pushed as a study of the state's homeland security and its approach to emergencies. The bill included a study of how the state would handle running out of food or a collapse of the nation's economic system. Said one state senator: "It was $15,000 for a study to see how Wyoming would handle an emergency, if we were prepared for a crisis, It was an innocuous study to prepare for a crisis.""

"I don't know whether to laugh or feel good about this. I'm kind of doing both.....
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"I was with them till the aircraft carrier came up. What, were they going to mount wheels on it or something?"

"wait what? aquire an airraft carrier!?!? isn't Wyoming landlocked? what are they going to do put tank huge treds on it? MEGA FLOATING AIRPOWER LAUNCHING NUCLEAR TANK WILL SAVE US!!! lol lol lol lol that just knocked me over laughing. how the heck would they get it from the shipyard? i can just picture it 10,000 heavy lift helicopters working in tandem to fly this warship to Wyoming. Planning for the worst is reasonable but geeze some people don't think things through. lol oh oh oh i needed that laugh they couldn't dig cannals lol because the ship would be static and couldn't move lol. i think the word they were looking for was "airbase" lol."

"hopefully in a more sane version, some of the ideas are good others not so much i still can't stop laughing at the aircraft carrier no matter what lol oh oh i haven't had this good of a belly laugh in god knows how long"

"lol brandon we're agreeing again lol"