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    Thumbs down Space Tourist Tax

    Because, you know, tourism contributes nothing to the economy.

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/congr...160335795.html

    Space tourism tax: Congressman announces new plan after Blue Origin launch

    Shortly after Jeff Bezos — the world's richest man — completed his first spaceflight, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D., Oreg.) announced he's working on a plan for a new tax targeting space tourism.

    The Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act would create new excise taxes on commercial space flights with human passengers for non-research purposes.

    “Space exploration isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. Just as normal Americans pay taxes when they buy airline tickets, billionaires who fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value should do the same, and then some,” said Blumenauer in a statement. “I’m not opposed to this type of space innovation. However, things that are done purely for tourism or entertainment, and that don't have a scientific purpose, should in turn support the public good.”

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    thanks oregon for that contribution.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pauls' Revere View Post
    “Space exploration isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. Just as normal Americans pay taxes when they buy airline tickets, billionaires who fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value should do the same, and then some,” said Blumenauer in a statement. “I’m not opposed to this type of space innovation. However, things that are done purely for tourism or entertainment, and that don't have a scientific purpose, should in turn support the public good.”
    Providing private sector jobs, of course, does nothing for the public good.

    So, taxes on airline tickets pay for the terminal, runways and air traffic control. What do these rocket dabblers get for their money? What does anyone? What has Congress done for the public good lately?
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    So "billionaire" takes a couple of petri dishes with him and it's now for science.
    “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by cjm View Post
    So "billionaire" takes a couple of petri dishes with him and it's now for science.
    Right, and evidently having fun or entertainment is taxable and science should only serve the public good, not for individuals.

    We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!

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    “Space exploration isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy. Just as normal Americans pay taxes when they buy airline tickets, billionaires who fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value should do the same, and then some,” said Blumenauer in a statement. “I’m not opposed to this type of space innovation. However, things that are done purely for tourism or entertainment, and that don't have a scientific purpose, should in turn support the public good.”
    Just by funding the operations of the entrepreneurs and engineers who are making space "tourism" a reality (not to mention what such "tourism" will eventually lead to), a single billionaire who pays his own money to "fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value" does far more to benefit humanity and humanity's future than a billion envy-addled parasites like Blumenauer ever have or ever will.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Occam's Banana View Post
    Just by funding the operations of the entrepreneurs and engineers who are making space "tourism" a reality (not to mention what such "tourism" will eventually lead to), a single billionaire who pays his own money to "fly into space to produce nothing of scientific value" does far more to benefit humanity and humanity's future than a billion envy-addled parasites like Blumenauer ever have or ever will.

    We're being governed ruled by a geriatric Alzheimer patient/puppet whose strings are being pulled by an elitist oligarchy who believe they can manage the world... imagine the utter maniacal, sociopathic hubris!



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