I'd hope that there are investigations if there are many parties going on. I mean, the average family pays $7,300 in federal taxes (business week, April 2007). You need 1M/7.3K = 137 families working all year to pay for this. Is this party worth the sweat of 137 families? How many more parties are there?
What we are seeing in the comments above is an emotional response. The gut for many says "NASA good!" and so parties must be good, or harmless, or justified.
The thing is, that's the way it works with every constituency in government. Is Social Security good? Maybe they should have a party! Is the Center for Disease Control good? Maybe they should have a million dollar party too!
If you want to be rational you've got to rise above this stuff. You have to decide what exactly is good about NASA and praise them for doing that... and not praise them for falling victim to the classic hubris of a 30 year old governmental institution. NASA is not good when it is being bad.
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I'd hope that there are investigations if there are many parties going on. I mean, the average family pays $7,300 in federal taxes (business week, April 2007). You need 1M/7.3K = 137 families working all year to pay for this. Is this party worth the sweat of 137 families? How many more parties are there?
What we are seeing in the comments above is an emotional response. The gut for many says "NASA good!" and so parties must be good, or harmless, or justified. The thing is, that's the way it works with every constituency in government. Is Social Security good? Maybe they should have a party! Is the Center for Disease Control good? Maybe they should have a million dollar party too! If you want to be rational you've got to rise above this stuff. You have to decide what exactly is good about NASA and praise them for doing that ... and not praise them for falling victim to the classic hubris of a 30 year old governmental institution. NASA is not good when it is being bad.