The "irony"!! Texas lawmakers to Obama: Divert some stimulus funds to NASA

[babylonsister]

Texas lawmakers to Obama: Divert some stimulus funds to NASA
By Tony Romm - 10/05/09 04:02 PM ET


Twenty-eight members of Texas' congressional delegation are now requesting the Obama administration divert $3 billion in stimulus cash to NASA.

Their request stems from a recent interdepartmental review of the space agency, which concluded that further space exploration would be constrained unless the federal government increased its NASA funding.

"Specifically, the Committee found that it is possible for NASA to carry out a feasible exploration program only if its budget is increased, at the minimum, by $3 billion annually above the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 budget request," the 28 lawmakers wrote in a letter to the president on Monday. "Boldness does not come cheaply, and in a venture that is inherently risky, we have an obligation to provide the adequate resources to make these worthy goals safe, attainable, and sustainable over time."

"Since the stated purpose of the stimulus package was to secure good jobs and stabilize our economy, there is no better investment that could be made than the addition of up to $3 billion to NASA in FY2010, and the projection of at least that level of increase, as recommended by your Committee, at a 2.4% rate of inflation in the out-year projections included in the initial FY2010 Request," they added.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/61663-texas-lawmakers-to-obama-divert-some-stimulus-funds-to-nasa

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AND YET...

Texas Gov. Under Fire For Rejecting Stimulus Funds


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102430056

[TheKentuckian]

1. While nothing we do has a greater multiplier effect on the economy than manned space exploration

you know the Texans just want money that they don't have to spend on the people but still want that dough coursing through the state.

[tosh]

2. Well, you dumb $hit delegation, get on board and cooperate.

You can't block everything Dems & WH want to do and then expect to get what you want.

Get on the field and play!

[babylonsister]

3. It's ironic, isn't it. The rethugs in TX didn't want it, til they did. nt

[tosh]

4. Isn't it indeed?

:rofl:

I can only HOPE that they are made to get down and grovel for it, negotiate and even beg.

Could this be the dawn? How badly do they want it?

Only time will tell.