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[Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good post Steve!

Jeff

At 20:41 -0700 9/2/06, Dillinger, StephenX C wrote:
>The national debt is a big yawner from an economic perspective.
>Compared to the size of the US economy it's not that significant.
>
>As for spending priorities, Congress passes a budget, not the President.
>If you disagree with the spending choices made by the US government it's
>not the executive that controls the purse strings.  With a relatively
>weak Bush administration that's even more true today.
>
>Outsourcing is an issue, but it's not a political one.  Today's CEOs are
>pressured for short term gains and that means out sourcing to cheaper
>labor markets.  Personally, I think US workers can out compete and out
>innovate anyone, but obviously corporate American disagrees.  In 10 or
>20 years, after today's companies have trained up a generation of Indian
>and Chinese engineers and programmers through out sourcing and the H-1B
>visa program they will find a whole new crop of competitors that they
>have created.  They're not stupid, I suspect they are fully aware of
>this but believe their hands are tied.
>
>Finally, the size of the NASA budget compared to virtually any other
>spending program is miniscule.  That doesn't make it any less
>vulnerable.  If you don't like it write your congressman.  What we as
>amateur astronomers consider stupid spending choices make perfect sense
>if politicians don't think anyone cares about them.
>Steve

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