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Re: Follow-up to "The End of Canadians in Space?"

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From: rex i beard
Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 00:00
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In article <D8KvMy.Eq3@freenet.niagara.com>,
>Len Lekx (LFLekx@Booster.Tor.HookUp.NET) wrote:
>: In article <3p0cht$sil@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> c2xrib@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (rex i beard) writes:


Concerning the value of what NASA produces:

>
>: > Yes, I do consider it valuable. I just don't give it as much value as the
>: > money they took from me to pay for it. I never said I didn't value it.
>
>:     NASA currently uses (If I recall the figures correctly...) 1/5 of 1
>: cent of
>: your tax dollar.  You consider that too much?

Yes.

NASA costs about 15 billion. There
are 250 million people in the country. That comes out to $60 for every
person. My family of 5 is responsible for $300. That is too much.

And 15 billion divided by 1.5 trillion is 1 cent of every tax dollar not
1/5 of 1 cent.

Even if we add state and local it's 1/2 of 1 cent of every dollar.

That does add up. Consider a total tax bill of $3000, that's 30 bucks.


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From: c2xrib@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (rex i beard)
Subject: Re: Follow-up to "The End of Canadians in Space?"
Date: 1995/05/15
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