NWS, as a national service built to promote safety, understanding, economic activity and development should be a government service for the people.
IF it is non-partisan, professional, accurate, current science, national defense . . . The list goes on.
Imagine Patton having to pay for a weather forecast?
Rescue teams in remote areas? Farmers across the land?
So this guy gets the business from the smart brother. Contributes to poli campaigns to get nominated to run Globull NASa. Now wants to cut a slice of the pork-pie for himself, pay nothing, and sell it back one spoonful atcarime for whatever the political climate will bear.
Why be a criminal? What’s legal is so much more profitable!
It won’t happen without limiting liability. NWS can’t be sued.
Doesn’t the military have their own weather forecasting?
Excellent point. Thank you.