Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "NASA's in Trouble" video.

  1. Dude, I'm sure you're well-meaning and sincere, but you have some, well let's say, innocent thinking on how spending in the swamp works and how governments function in general (I'm being generous when I say innocent). Most of the budget, 55%, is devoted to entitlements. We could have a whole debate on the rights and wrongs of that but you wanna increase your spending in star gazing? Get ready for the "You'll kill grandma" argument from the bunch handing out those checks. Where does the rest of our trillions go? Well, as of April 2024 it costs $624 billion to maintain the debt, which is 16% of the total federal spending. That's just paying on the interest, even though no one will really call out the collection agency anyway. Tack on another $820.3 billion, or roughly 18.3% of the budget for military spending. Add up just those three pieces of the government pie and we are at roughly 89% of all spending. Wanna see how spending federal money at the state level works. Michigan's governor just announced she is going to spend $250 million they got for COVID relief on prettying up the state parks. I mean, those lakes and trees were certainly affected by that killer virus. Sorry, I'm not trying to be snarky, but it's not as easy at that gasbag degrasse tyson makes it out to be. In fact, damn near every opinion that narcissistic windbag burps into existence is so full of crap a heard of cows would have a hard time matching his production, but I digress. And calling NASA a fine example of good government at work, well, you gotta stretch that definition pretty thin to fit it into the conversation. Look, don't get me wrong, I'm a space guy, but the will isn't there. The people aren't pumped like they were during Apollo and stuff you find cool is lost on the average product of our stellar education system. They're so lost and confused they don't what bathroom to use. If I sound overly cynical, well it comes from years of heartache. As George Carlin put it, inside every cynic beats the heart of a disillusioned optimist. I was THE true believer once upon a time. Now? Now I worry if we'll even have a country in the timeframes NASA is laying out there. And no, it's not the climate that's going to end us, it's our own indifference to being good citizens and our desire for our own personal comfort above all else. But that's me. Live long and prosper my brother. 🖖
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  2. Well, first off, congress has no interest in cutting the national debt. We are already way over the tipping point and playing with monopoly money. Boomers have been an absolute disaster as stewards of the republic, and I say that as part of the clan. They care as much about the debt as I do about Rings of Power. Just sayin.
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