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BUT to assert that the nation should take on projects theI agree let debate it, however we do elect representatives to
size of the SSC, or a Moon trip, or the Hubble based on the
idea that some scientific knowledge will eventually spin off
into a data reservoir and thereby technology might
eventually be enhanced this seems to me to be over reaching
-- projects of this size should be debated publicly and
weighed against other expensive projects and my favorite,
pay down the damn federal debt.
There _will_ be scientific gains -- yes there will, but the
taxpayer should have a vote as to whether s/he thinks those
gains outweigh the value of other uses for _his/her_ money.
I resent it that the Congress seems to think that the money
it _theirs_ to spend as they wish. For one, Bush sees that
if the money is in Washington the money _will_ be spent --
despite the rhetoric -- and likely spent in the state/county
of the congressman with the most influence -- a la the SSC!
There might be a surplus this year of tax money coming in
And don't rebut with the idea of a surplus -- ie money the
congress has robbed from my wallet without asking -- there
_is_ no surplus!! The nation is in debt!!!