re: #297 RogueOne

So you’re unwilling to admit that even without the new satellite program our forecast/warning systems will remain funded at exactly the rate the president requested.

No, because that’s not true. why are you saying it is? You’re admitting the White House proposed that 1.1 billion that the GOP is cutting, right?

It’s an upgrade to our current system. I’m sure an upgrade would be nice but my argument is we are running over a $1.5 Trillion annual deficit and we need to focus on actual needs not wants.

Again, the sattellites really are reaching the end of their useful lives. They are going to start failing. When they do fail, you can’t just chuck one up there in an afternoon. Your bizarre claim that you know better than scientists on this one is crazypants.

Even if it were an upgrade, it’s for a useful service, as I provided above— if it could be shown that that expenditure would save more money, then it would still make fiscal sense. That would make this an actual need: anytime you can do something in a cheaper way, or save money by doing it, that’s a wise fiscal choice.

Setting ourselves up for spending more money down the road is going to add to the deficit. Not doing this satellites now is going to add to the deficit.

Penny-wise and dollar-foolish: it’s what passes as fiscal conservatism these days.