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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Stupid Shut Cost arguements (was Re: Terminal Velocity
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.083318.2056@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <1993Jan4.180947.20495@iti.org> <1993Jan5.003325.26043@iti.org> <4JAN199322375651@judy.uh.edu> <1993Jan5.145312.26531@iti.org>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:33:18 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1993Jan5.145312.26531@iti.org> aws@iti.org (Allen W. Sherzer) writes:
- >In article <4JAN199322375651@judy.uh.edu> wingo%cspara.decnet@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov writes:
- >
- >>Allen I put a question to you. Do you think that if we grounded the Shuttle
- >>permanently tomorrow, laid off all personell involved in the Shuttle's overhead
- >>and began work on the DC series that the rest of the money would be available
- >>for other uses in space?
- >
- >If a worthwhile plan for the money where put forth, we would keep 80% to
- >90% of it. At this level money in Congress tends to come top down, not
- >bottom up. NASA gets $15B a year because that is how much clout it and its
- >supporters have. That money went up under Reagan and bush mostly because
- >both where strong supporters of space which gave NASA more clout.
-
- Reagan and Bush couldn't care less about NASA, though Danny thought it
- was neat to shoot those big fireworks. But they, and Congressmen,
- did care about the money and jobs that NASA represents in their districts.
- And they did care about the lobbyists and money that flowed into their
- campaigns from aerospace contractors. The bulk of that support comes
- because of Shuttle and Freedom pork. Where's the pork in your schemes?
- Which contractors benefit? Which districts get the jobs? Which Comgressmen
- are *really* going to be pissed? And do Clinton/Gore really give a damn
- if it means money out of their roads and bridges fund? Paving contractors
- are the politician's best friend at campaign contribution time.
-
- Gary
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