"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Failing to invest in the future is a good way to ensure there won't be
one.

So is squandering money on projects that are not (a) commercially viable,
(b)
of vital interest to the nation, or (c) authorized by the Constitution.

First, commercial viability is not necessary or even desirable for
everything. Privatized law enforcement would result in the wealthy side of
town getting a cop on every corner while the poor side of town would be on
its own. The original national motto was not Dog Eat Dog.

Second, left up to some folks what is of vital interest would be whatever
benefits them and to hell with everyone else. It's refreshing when
occasionally a law is passed based on what is good for the whole nation
rather than some segment that can afford lobbyists and fat campaign fund
donations.

Third, the Constitution says whatever the Supreme Court says it does, that's
why a couple of recent cases have recognized that the 2nd Amendment protects
an individual right to own firearms to the dismay of all those folks who
disagree. So until the court rules there shouldn't be a federal Dept. of
Education, there will be one, and anyone who disagrees is welcome to vote
for the party that is currently trying to strip funding from any government
agency that has inconvenienced the corporate sponsors of that party.