Comments on: Those New Mexican communists http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/08/01/those-new-mexican-communists/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Joe Latrell http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/08/01/those-new-mexican-communists/comment-page-1/#comment-6429 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 17:54:28 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/08/01/those-new-mexican-communists/#comment-6429 As one of the companies lured to New Mexico, I can state that incentives didn’t play a major factor in our decision. The people of New Mexico seem to be interested in promoting the concept of space travel. Everyone from the person on the street to county reprsentatives to the governor have been nothing but supportive. They want the business and are going after it.

]]> By: brent http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/08/01/those-new-mexican-communists/comment-page-1/#comment-6399 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:19:11 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/08/01/those-new-mexican-communists/#comment-6399 Awwwwww.

Poor Florida.

Florida has no leg to stand on this one, since the only reason they have an aerospace (mostly space) sector at all is that it was donated to them by the Command Economy of NASA.

New Mexico is being smart with the windfall profits it got from natural gas and is being more capitalist not by subsidizing their companies, but by making the business’ government burden less. They are creating a friendly business environment, not whining about ULA job loss from ending shuttle ops subsidies.

At the VERY least, if New Mexico is subsidizing their industry they are using state funds, as opposed to Florida’s addiction to the Federal teat.

Thats it! Jihad against Florida, New Mexico! Eh. Ah, screw it. I’m just gonna eat my green chile burrito.

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