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graham4anything

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3. I would rather give teachers a million dollars a year than waste money on this

Reply to Gabby Hayes (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 07:47 AM

Oct 2012

Teachers are more important.

Let's give them all raises (without restriction) to a million dollars a year.

then we can shoot for the moon, but right now? Where would the money come from?

remember NASA=pentagon money and unless the money for the war machine would directly be taken out to pay for this, I think we should wait.

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If this is true then Obama needs to say something right now [View all] Gabby Hayes Oct 2012 OP

oh you forget, obama wants to reduce the defiict in the name of austerity nt msongs Oct 2012 #1

I love any subject line that includes "Obama needs" jberryhill Oct 2012 #2

I would rather give teachers a million dollars a year than waste money on this graham4anything Oct 2012 #3

bullshit. ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2012 #4

Amen, Chairman, Lay Rail. The land lubbers can watch from below Gabby Hayes Oct 2012 #7

a growing space industry to "save" humanity? magical thyme Oct 2012 #15

hell, yes. ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2012 #16

In the 1960s the space race was used to get education budget increases csziggy Oct 2012 #18

Millions of teachers in the country...your idea would amount to maybe a few hundred a year each davidn3600 Oct 2012 #6

well, then let's allocate that, quickly, and in minutes we could have NASA..but graham4anything Oct 2012 #9

No one is worth a salary of a million a year. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #17

I'm sure Obama is thinking... Champion Jack Oct 2012 #5

Okay then, I take it back, Mr. President..... Gabby Hayes Oct 2012 #8

I've always been a supporter of the space program davidpdx Oct 2012 #10

Could be a cool Idea. Need to revive space exploration again. A Steeping Tcbys Oct 2012 #11

What increasingly mysterious news from Curiosity? DavidDvorkin Oct 2012 #12

Come on, we don't want him to sound like Newt. tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #13

Ask Newt how that idea worked for him on the campaign trail. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #14