On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Bryon Daly wrote: > "How can we spend all that money on the space program when > there's all those homeless, starving people, etc". (paraphrased) > > This is frustrating. I've found you can apply that argument against > many, many actions the govenment does. How do you defend against > people using this argument without seeming calloused, uncaring, and > mean-spirited? How do I convince my wife the space program is > worth the money even though people still continue to die of AIDS or > be homeless, etc?
Man does not live on bread alone, or something. Much harder to apply to a wasteful space program than an efficient one, though. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
