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One point that really sticks out for me:
"In a recent editorial, Lovell points out that "a recent analysis of the costs of government bailouts due to the housing crisis, the credit crisis and other economic woes tallies up to $8.5 trillion - more than the cost of all U.S. wars, the Louisiana Purchase, the New Deal, the Marshall Plan and NASA space program spending - all combined and adjusted for today's dollars."
That says alot.
I really wish his heroship had not brought up the climate change issue. NASA has not exactly covered itself with glory on that one—hello? James Hanson? Hello?
Yes...it does.
Anyone who can't get this point across to people might want to try this...
Take our current obligations (IOUs and promises we've given, such as money owed, veterans benefits promised [think of how a similar legacy weighs on GM, etc.], Medicare, etc.)...
and round it down to 65 trillion dollars.
That's $50,000,000,000,000.
Now, figure there are about 100 million households in America, but maybe half of them aren't expected to pay into things via income tax, so 50 million contributing households.
Divide 50 trillion by 50 million... and you get an obligation of $1,300,000 per taxpaying household in America.
$1.3 MILLION DOLLARS for each American taxpaying household!
Tell people to just stop and think...what if tomorrow they woke up and they had a weight of $1.3 million dollars on their net worth, having to pay interest on it as they paid it off...how would they view their finances?
How many could actually make good on what they've promised via their representatives?
The piggies are starting to squeal at just the thought of losing their place at the government trough. Somehow the I don’t think those who lost their investments, savings and/or jobs will be too sympathetic at paying more taxes to keep government-paid employees from sharing their pain.
I have no hope for any other results for NASA for the next few years. They have way too many plant embedded amongst people who might actually produce viable results.
thanks tricky_k_1972!
NASA is now a costly flight of fancy
The Advocate | 01/28/08
Posted on 12/29/2008 5:47:05 PM PST by KevinDavis
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2155899/posts
We need to end NASA, and rethink, redesign the space program from the ground up.
Fuhgeddaboudit. O’bamana republics don’t go to space.