"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5SvNb.72676$xy6.132296@attbi_s02...
I'm willing to pay for a real space program. I'd rather pay
for that than a lot of the stupid stuff Congress jams into
the budget that just ****es our money away.

The Federal Gubmint (thanks to our own Senator Grassley) has appropriated
$5
million (it may be more) to build a RAIN FOREST here in Iowa City.

You heard me right -- a goddam RAIN FOREST. Most people around here are
dumbfounded, since the developer was unable to drum up any local support
for
the cockamamie idea.

Still think we can't afford to cut the budget enough to pay for a real
space
program?

By that logic, spending any amount is ok. There is a big difference between
$5 million and $1 trillion.