Congressional approval of the plan — all while $38 billion is being cut elsewhere in the federal government — reflects not only the power of key lawmakers from NASA-friendly states, but the enduring influence of major contractors like Lockheed Martin and Boeing in those states.
For instance, a series of stop-gap spending laws had kept money flowing to the man-to-moon Constellation program because Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) initially tucked a provision into a 2010 budget bill — even though President Barack Obama and Congress agreed last fall to end that Bush-era initiative. An internal NASA audit pegged the cost of that move at $215 million over five months. Politico
Alabama canot survive without federal welfare, so they elect a Reublican Communist to keep the welfare checks flowing. Alabama generates a $1.66 in received funds for each dollar of federal taxes paid.
Is the Tea Party going to do anything about this monsense?
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