[tricky_k_1972]

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.

Can we find a way to apply this to defense spending; I mean we can't exactly give someone an M1 Tank? Maybe we could offer the naming of the Tank, Destroyer or Aircraft.

I love this.

If the enviro weenies want extra money, fine, name a forest after someone.

If the welfare people want extra money, fine, offer up a free house.

Nobody ever gets an increase in their line item unless they offer a reason and a benefit, and it's strictly voluntary.

Somebody please tell me what’s wrong with this, because it sounds to good to be true.

[NicknamedBob]

Incidentally, I have been thinking along the Gas-Cooled Nuclear Reactor/Rocket Engine lines for a while, as evidenced by a multitude of posts on the Undead Threads, and by this entry on my about page.

The entire world was stunned when the whole structure lit up the ocean like a second sun as the nuclear rockets blew a trail of fire nearly two miles long from hundreds of rocket exhausts, and the “casino” lifted off and went directly into orbit!”

It is a quote from a planned chapter of a future book, which is basically a love affair with the idea of manned exploration and exploitation of space.