Have
you been or seen the White House website? Did you know that you can post a
petition there? Here is the website:
The right to petition your government is guaranteed by
the First Amendment of the United States
Constitution. We the People provides a new way to petition the Obama
Administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our
country. We created We the People because we want to hear from you. If a
petition gets enough support, White House staff will review it, ensure it’s
sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response.
The
following was actually posted:
We
petition the Obama administration to:
Secure
resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.
Those who sign here petition the United States government to
secure funding and resources, and begin construction on a Death Star by 2016.
By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority
platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job
creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and
more, and strengthen our national defense.
The petition received over 34,000
signatures, prompting the White House to post the following:
The Administration shares your desire for job creation
and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn't on the horizon. Here are
a few reasons:
- The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it.
- The Administration does not support blowing up planets.
- Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?
Even though the United States
doesn't have anything that can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, we've
got two spacecraft leaving the Solar
System and we're building a probe that
will fly to the exterior layers of the Sun. We are discovering hundreds of new planets in other star systems
and building a much more powerful
successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that will see back to the
early days of the universe.
If you do pursue a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field, the Force will be with us! Remember, the Death Star's power to destroy a planet, or even a whole star system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
If you do pursue a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field, the Force will be with us! Remember, the Death Star's power to destroy a planet, or even a whole star system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
COMMENT: OK, technically this is not tax - but it is funny.
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