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GAO GPS report
Interesting report
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-325 highlights http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09670thigh.pdf Gordon |
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Gordon wrote in news:Ue-
: http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-325 Ah! I think I found a problem: AEP Architecture Evolution Plan DASS Distress Alerting Satellite System DOD Department of Defense GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems GPS Global Positioning System IFOR Interagency Forum for Operational Requirements JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System L2C second civil signal L5 third civil signal M-code Military Code NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration OCS Operational Control Segment OCX Next Generation Control Segment OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense PDOP position dilution of precision PNT Positioning, Navigation, and Timing SLR Satellite Laser Ranging TSPR Total System Performance Responsibility ACRONYMS! |
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Gordon wrote in news:Ue-
: http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-325 "The U.S. government, which plans to invest more than $5.8 billion from 2009 through 2013 in the GPS space and ground control segments currently under development, provides GPS service free of charge." Read this closely and think about what it says...... We're NOT getting GPS service "free of charge", damn them all! We're paying $US5.8 billion dollars for it! Since when did GOVERNMENT become a for-profit corporation?? I just had to "rent" our local Small Claims Court from the County bureaucrats for $80 to go after a deadbeat that owes me money. I pay, dearly, for every bureaucrat's services EVERY year since 1966. Why are there FEES to use my OWN courthouse?! I'M PREPAID, DAMMIT! I also have to pay, dearly, to use MY AIRPORT PARKING LOT! -- ----- Larry You can tell there's very intelligent life in the Universe because none of them have ever tried to contact us..... |
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There's nothing like a good TLA!
Larry wrote: Gordon wrote in news:Ue- : http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-325 Ah! I think I found a problem: AEP Architecture Evolution Plan DASS Distress Alerting Satellite System DOD Department of Defense GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems GPS Global Positioning System IFOR Interagency Forum for Operational Requirements JCIDS Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System L2C second civil signal L5 third civil signal M-code Military Code NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration OCS Operational Control Segment OCX Next Generation Control Segment OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense PDOP position dilution of precision PNT Positioning, Navigation, and Timing SLR Satellite Laser Ranging TSPR Total System Performance Responsibility ACRONYMS! |
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"Larry" wrote in message ... Gordon wrote in news:Ue- : http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-325 "The U.S. government, which plans to invest more than $5.8 billion from 2009 through 2013 in the GPS space and ground control segments currently under development, provides GPS service free of charge." Read this closely and think about what it says...... We're NOT getting GPS service "free of charge", damn them all! We're paying $US5.8 billion dollars for it! Since when did GOVERNMENT become a for-profit corporation?? I just had to "rent" our local Small Claims Court from the County bureaucrats for $80 to go after a deadbeat that owes me money. I pay, dearly, for every bureaucrat's services EVERY year since 1966. Why are there FEES to use my OWN courthouse?! I'M PREPAID, DAMMIT! I also have to pay, dearly, to use MY AIRPORT PARKING LOT! -- ----- Larry You can tell there's very intelligent life in the Universe because none of them have ever tried to contact us..... Yeah Larry, I like the argument about how low our taxes are when compared to other first world nations. The arguees for some reason can't think beyond federal income tax. I think I'm at 45-50%. |
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Larry wrote:
We're NOT getting GPS service "free of charge", damn them all! We're paying $US5.8 billion dollars for it! Wrong. You do not have to be a taxpayer to access the system thus it is free. It's also free of subscription charges. |
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slide wrote:
Larry wrote: We're NOT getting GPS service "free of charge", damn them all! We're paying $US5.8 billion dollars for it! Wrong. You do not have to be a taxpayer to access the system thus it is free. It's also free of subscription charges. Thanks from Canada. |
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"mmc" wrote in
ng.com: Yeah Larry, I like the argument about how low our taxes are when compared to other first world nations. The arguees for some reason can't think beyond federal income tax. I think I'm at 45-50%. I tried to add up my total tax bills to ALL little fiefdoms one year..... That's no good for your blood pressure after the utility bills and property loads. I gave away a 10' plastic dingy after the $38 personal property tax bill caused by putting a SC boat license number ($35 more) on the side of it so I could put a 3hp outboard motor on the back. Oh, my effort yielded roughly 66% tax load from all tit suckers.... -- ----- Larry You can tell there's very intelligent life in the Universe because none of them have ever tried to contact us..... |
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On Sat, 09 May 2009 02:12:48 +0000, Larry wrote:
"mmc" wrote in ing.com: Yeah Larry, I like the argument about how low our taxes are when compared to other first world nations. The arguees for some reason can't think beyond federal income tax. I think I'm at 45-50%. I tried to add up my total tax bills to ALL little fiefdoms one year..... That's no good for your blood pressure after the utility bills and property loads. I gave away a 10' plastic dingy after the $38 personal property tax bill caused by putting a SC boat license number ($35 more) on the side of it so I could put a 3hp outboard motor on the back. Oh, my effort yielded roughly 66% tax load from all tit suckers.... Here in Connecticut, which is often touted as one of the wealthiest and heavily taxed states, there is no property tax on my dinghy and the annual registration is $7.50 including the motor. There is no property tax on the mainship, either. Just $105 a year (not calculated by value) for a registration decal. Yes, that's really a tax, but it's not based on value, so it's hard to call it a "property tax". I know what property taxes are, because I pay those, too. |
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