Nasa

[DuncanONeil]

Than it is too late to fix anything!

BTB what has this to do with NASA?

You might want to check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...federal_budget

Your 30 cents figure is actually grossly erroneous.

Medicare + Medicaid = 19% of spending
Social Security = 20% of spending
Defense = 23% of spending

Government Salaries are covered in Other Mandatory Spending and represent a portion of a category that covers 17% of spending.

So your 70 cent figure is actually more like 10 cents on the dollar, and your 30 cents figure is more like 90 cents on the dollar.