Now that we're 1/2 trillion in debt, I guess it's time for new boondoggles:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.3057:
I'd be interested in organizing some sort of write-in protest response but I'm not sure what's involved.
-- Steve
If only we were just a half trillion in debt. That's just this year's
deficit. Multiply it by 15, and you have our real debt.
Look at the sponsors of this space spending bill. All from big Boeing or
Lockheed Martin states. California and Texas have the most, along with
Missouri (Boeing is based in St. Louis).
There is one, and only one, way we will get back to space permanently and
productively: http://www.xprize.com/