Author Topic: Bush wants to increase NASA's budget (Read 911 times)

Frogm4n · « **Reply #30 on:** February 03, 2003, 11:57:36 AM »

jeez you talk on and on about feeding the world. we have plenty of food to feed everyone. hell here in the states we pay farmers millions,damn rich farmers(shakes fist), not to raise cattle or grow food! the problem is transfering it to the needy, and around here that is called socialism. this is a bad word in the states so dont even mention that again.

AKIron · « **Reply #31 on:** February 03, 2003, 12:02:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
jeez you talk on and on about feeding the world. we have plenty of food to feed everyone. hell here in the states we pay farmers millions,damn rich farmers(shakes fist), not to raise cattle or grow food! the problem is transfering it to the needy, and around here that is called socialism. this is a bad word in the states so dont even mention that again.

Are you implying that because socialism is a bad word in the US that we don't in fact feed many in the world? I beg to differ, we have and will continue to help those in need, even after they've bitten the hand that feeds them.

Frogm4n · « **Reply #32 on:** February 03, 2003, 12:10:27 PM »

oh i know we do our fair share of feeding the world, it just bothers me when people whine about socialism and how evil it is. We could do more that is for sure, but for someone to play the "world is hungry" card is just silly.

udet · « **Reply #33 on:** February 03, 2003, 04:47:08 PM »

it's very sad, but I think this catastrophy will increase awareness on how undefunded NASA is. The budget for NASA was to be increased before it actually happened, I now hope that they will review it and give NASA even more money.

Karnak · « **Reply #34 on:** February 03, 2003, 05:27:37 PM »

Dowding,

The space program has, thus far, generated far more money than it has cost.

Arguing that we should spend the paltry sum elsewhere is kind of silly. 15 billion dollars that fund NASA isn't going to make a huge difference when applied directly to the worlds problems. Even less so is the 3.4 billion dollars that are spent by NASA on space flight. It simply isn't that much money when talking about issues on the scale that you are.

Eagler · « **Reply #35 on:** February 04, 2003, 06:59:53 AM »

his proposal for this monies for NASA was on the table long before this weekends accident .... not a knee jerk reaction to anything