Re: msn story

Laws can be changed.....

Mark A. Siefert: LORD OF ALL EVIL! wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, David wrote:
> 
> > I believe a major key to space exploration would be to designate
space
> > as a "tax free" zone, allow any company(s) that produce or
manufacture
> > in space all profits would be exempt from Federal/state/local taxes.
> > Time to make it worth while to go to space.
> 
>	  Tax free!  Hey, somebody book me a flight to Mars!
> 
>	  Although I am certainly all for private expansion into space,
I
> think that there are going to be few problems when the issue of
property
> rights comes into play.  The UN's Moon and Space treaties have
declared
> that celistrial bodies like the moon, the planets and the asteriods
are
> "the communal property of mankind."  Our 21st century asteriod
> prospectors, hoping to make a fortune of the vast mineral and water
> resources of the Belt may find that the cost of dealing with the UN
will
> outweigh the potential profit that their enterprise may bring to them.
> 
>	  Hmmmmm... This would make for an interesting FT scenario now
that
> we have UN ships.
> 
> Later,
> Mark A. Siefert
> 
> "[Like] fire and fusion, government is a dangerous servant and a
terrible
> master."
> 
>					  --Professor Bernardo de la Paz
>					  "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"
>					  by Robert A. Heinlein
> 
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