Reply #77: Exactly. It is sad. [View All]

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This is why right wingers win while having minority power.

The discussion isn't even about expanding science and paying for it by cutting military or taxing rich. The discussion has boiled down to "there are needy people so we need to scrap NASA".

As if the funds at NASA are the only ones capable of feeding someone, or giving someone a job, or providing someone with quality healthcare.

Meanwhile rich get richer, and defense budget continues to grow (even under Democratic administration).

Why not "cut the fat" where there is actually fat, not drain the bone marrow from a program that existing only for common good and improving knowledge of the entire human race.