June 23, 2004
Quote of the Day
The success of SpaceShipOne feels like a reward for my faith. I can’t say I’m terribly surprised – relief is more the word. If I were anywhere near the Mojave desert instead of freezing through a London summer, I would have travelled myself to witness it.
It’s a shining example of what like-minded people would say is the ultimate freedom – the freedom to create, to produce, to take risk, to try and also to fail. The freedom that can only fully be realized where our money (our very lives) isn’t taxed away for a variety of hare-brained political schemes and our lives aren’t regulated to the point of absurdity.
Most Americans reading this would have paid for NASA through their taxes – where’s your return on investment? I’m willing to bet that the VCs who stumped up for SpaceShipOne are looking forward to some long term return on their money.
I hope that those who advocate the big-government nanny state for various reasons sit up and take notice this week. This is what we humans are capable of – without the interference, guidance or regulation of beaurocracy.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at June 23, 2004 09:28 AM | TrackBackNeither NASA nor any other government service was or is paid for by American taxes as is confirmed by Ronald Reagan's Grace Commission Report in 1984. Google it & see for yourself. A small portion of taxes that is left, after waste & government scamming, goes strictly toward paying a portion of the ever-growing interest on the US debt to the private bankers who own the federal Reserve. Peace.
Posted by: Joshua Kind on November 21, 2005 05:32 PMNeither NASA nor any other government service was or is paid for by American taxes as is confirmed by Ronald Reagan's Grace Commission Report in 1984. Google it & see for yourself. A small portion of taxes that is left, after waste & government scamming, goes strictly toward paying a portion of the ever-growing interest on the US debt to the private bankers who own the federal Reserve. Peace.
Posted by: Joshua Kind on November 21, 2005 05:33 PM