Comments on: New Mexico: Spaceport tax losing in Otero County http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/11/04/new-mexico-spaceport-tax-losing-in-otero-county/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-mexico-spaceport-tax-losing-in-otero-county Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/11/04/new-mexico-spaceport-tax-losing-in-otero-county/#comment-139028 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:17:30 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1798#comment-139028 I suspect that people in poor counties in New Mexico are more interested in paying taxes for water, sewage and roads than for a spaceport for a rich Englishman.

]]> By: Adrian http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/11/04/new-mexico-spaceport-tax-losing-in-otero-county/#comment-138938 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:06:23 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1798#comment-138938 1/8th of one percent? seriously?

its amazing anything ever gets done in this country. i feel so blessed to have running water, a sewage system, and semi-paved roads. i dont like taxes anymore than the next guy, but how is the government supposed to pay for basic infrastructure, let alone investments that bring in good jobs and businesses without some revenue?

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