Pluto Like You've Never Seen it Before

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13. I agree with most

I may be a hopeless naif, but since The Owners are forcing austerity on most of us (and not just in the U.S.) AND thus the institutions and agencies we rely upon for our literal survival, my choice is firefighters only.

Another DU'er correctly notes that the monies stashed offshore by U.S. corp's could be taxed if such havens were disallowed, and thus there just might be some more money to respond to natural disasters. According to an article in last month's Financial Times, there is a combined $1.5 trillion in cash offshored by five corporations: Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Pfizer.

If I had to choose (and "luckily" I don't), it would be resources to mitigate natural disasters, not to NASA.