Argumentative Essay On Space Exploration

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Space exploration is a very intriguing, and awesome advancement that humans have made, but it comes with consequences. We have other programs that need the funding more than space exploration,but there are some programs that are getting too much funding, and should be cut. I believe that the space exploration program should receive some funding from the government, but there are a few consequences that I feel we should take into consideration. As a nation we must understand that space exploration, however cool it may be, should be receiving less government funding, but it is not the only program that I think is getting too much funding. The monetary impact is not the only thing that we should take into consideration; we should take the ethics, …show more content…

This sound like a lot, but a chart by Andrew Chamberlain he shows that this seventeen billion is only part of a small sliver that includes many other programs. This sliver that Chamberlain calls “Other” only accounts for six cents on every tax payers dollar. To put this in perspective, social security accounts for twenty one cents on every tax payers dollar. This chart also shows that we are only spending three cents on the dollar for veterans benefits, but we spend nineteen cents on the military (Chamberlain 5-6). I understand that we must have a military to protect our country, but I don't see how we can spend so much on creating and maintaining a military, and spend so little on taking care of our veterans when they come back. Issues like this should be taken into consideration when formulating a budget. I believe that space exploration should be cut to help benefit some of our other programs; including, health, education, and veterans benefits. I also believe that the budget for our military budget should be cut since we have the largest military in the world. The money we use on over-funded programs could be put to so many other uses that would do much more

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