Reply #59: I LIKE the idea. I just wish it weren't Bush doing it.

[Frodo]

Kennedy made the announcement right after the Bay of Pigs embarrasment and paid for it during the Vietnam War. Unemployment and inflation were right about where they are today and Kennedy was right in the heat of the hottest point in the Cold War. Talking about today as if it were worse than the early 60's is lacking a proper perspective of history.

There is NEVER a time when you can "afford" to do something like this. But it's still a good idea. And, like the first moon shot, is likely to more than pay for itself in technology advances.

It's a visionary thing to do. Of course... it's KENNEDY's vision, not Bush's.