Tax Dollars At Work: Zero Gravity

I just got an email that contained the following explanation of why
our taxes are as high as they are. Thought you might enjoy it!


"When NASA first started sending up astronauts, they quickly discovered that ball-point pens would not work in zero gravity. To combat this problem, NASA scientists spent a decade and almost $12 billion developing a pen that writes in zero gravity, upside-down, on almost any surface including glass and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 C.

The Russians used a pencil.

Your taxes are due again -- enjoy paying them."