Just add to this idea, a lottery to be chosen among those who make the checkoff, to be a civilian "astronaut" on one of the first flights.
The winner could wait for his flight into space, or sell the ticket to the highest bidder, tax-free.
The excitement of the lottery winnings alone would push the entrants to make more investments. Maybe it could be in five dollar increments.
hrmnnnnnnnnnnn...
The winner could wait for his flight into space, or sell the ticket to the highest bidder, tax-free.
The excitement of the lottery winnings alone would push the entrants to make more investments. Maybe it could be in five dollar increments.
That's a great addition to the program, my only concern is that it gets the federal government into the gambling arena, which I feel is dangerous territory if other groups try to apply it to all their pet projects, of course that could also be said of my original idea.
Ok, I've got the solution. If this is designed as an extra voluntary tax, then it avoids all the problems of other groups attempting to glom onto the idea and turn the entire federal budget into a reactionary self-serving crap heap.
If you wish to spend $5.00 more in taxes for a chance at a future space flight or the ability to sell that opportunity after winning it on the open market, then you can.
In the era when AOL can absorb Time-Warner for $166 billion we can still talk about $5 chits. It's a miracle.