Yes, Uncle Sugar put up the initial money that created much of Silicon Valley. They also funded numerous other lines of business.
That is what makes our current government spending so onerous. Not that they’re spending it but that it is getting sucked away in cronyism and corruption.
It is so onerous because it’s $1,000,000,000,000.00 more than we’re taking in. It is onerous because it is that same $1 Trillion dollar more than President Bill Clintons budget increased for inflation and population growth. If Bill’s last budget was scaled by inflation and population, it would be $2.7 Trillion today. We’re spending $3.7 this year. $3.8 last year. $3.6 the year before.
But it’s only a trillion. Well, the entire decade long moon program tallied in 1973 was $24.5 Billion. Scaled for inflation, about $120 Billion today. All ten years. All rocket purchases. All Nasa people. All facilities. All Landers. and all the technology.
In 2005, they re-examined and include all research and development costs and came up with $170 Billion, roughly $190 Billion today.
So that Trillion we’re blithely pissing away every year. That’s five decade long apollo moon programs from inception, through R&D to putting the people on the moon.
Five.
That’s one year of deficit spending. We’ve done three plus. And no it’s not the war, the war is only $100 Billion a year, the other $900 Billion is graft.
Imagine, 15 decade long Apollo Programs to research and improve whatever societal needs we have, like energy, global warming, the war on cancer. Not funding one year, all ten years. 15 full paid for programs.
