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To: edcoil

How does a private venture become taxpayer funded? That's amazing.


17 posted on 12/13/2005 7:50:35 AM PST by cyborg (I'm on the 24 plan having the best day ever.)
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To: cyborg

> How does a private venture become taxpayer funded?

Virgin Galactic is not being taxpayer funded. The *spaceport* is. Taxpayers foot the bill for many airports without people whining about Virgin Atlantic Airlines being taxpayer funded; taxpayers pay for highways without complaints that UPS is taxpayer funded, etc.


26 posted on 12/13/2005 8:44:23 AM PST by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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