Massive cuts of NASA budget

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Quite so. The best solution is have everyone working who is capable of work. Then there would be no dead-beats to feed.

ruveyn

As much of a science advocate I am, I actually think the money might be better spent on other things.

Like I always say though NASA may be very critical in the future. If we can travel to a distant planet, or travel through the time, the money will be worth it. But science for the sake of science is narcissistic endeavor.

Our landing on the moon was pretty hedonistic. I mean the whole purpose of that was to prove how superior technologically we were to the rest of the world. This isn't what science should be about. Science should be about helping humanity and if the best way to help humanity is to take some of the funding out of NASA and give it to other areas, then I am fine with that.

I'd like to see money taken out of nuclear weapon technology as well.

Science should be about helping people, not proving a point, or destroying the world.

If someone can prove to me that NASA is about helping the world then I may change my mind.

Again this is not an attack on science and all it is a shame. But I just don't see the evidence that NASA is helping the world more than it is hurting by spending trillions of dollars on fun scientific technology. I mean it's fun, it's cool, but where is it headed? Is the whole of humanity being taken into account? That is the question that needs to be asked.

In order for that to happen there needs to be enough jobs...but you and I both know not everyone is capable of holding a job, and sometimes even people capable of holding a job cannot find work, or cannot make enough money to make ends meet. So if we get rid of disability, welfare, foodstamps and things of that nature what do you propose we do in those instances. That is what I was talking about after all. Ignoring the issue does not solve anything if you think it does you are mistaking.

You are making a Large Error. You think it is the Duty of the Able to help the disabled. It isn't. It is not a duty. It is a favor.

ruveyn

Hey now, red and gold look pretty good together.

Defense budget is not the largest chunk of the US federal budget: defense spending is about 20%. Majority of that money is spent on soldier's salaries... not weapons.

Wanna know what the largest chunk of the federal budget is? Entitlements: medicare, medicaid, social security, wellfare. Whooping 56%!

45% of US families receive government support.

I have a solution for ya: get a job, drop the vices, and reduce discretionary spending. Don't eat junk food, don't drink, don't smoke, work out regularly, and maybe they'll be able to support themselves and won't need a handfull of expensive pills every single day.

A lot of issues would go away overnight if only people changed their habits.

The pot and the kettle are both black Fnord. You've contributed to the off topic conversation several times yourself. All I have to say.

So why not drop the bleeding-heart nonsense and take it to another thread?