Richard
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Give that Gentleman Jole takes palace more than 5 years after Vorpatril’s Alliance when the Barrayar government came into an unexpected influx of billions of marks, why is Sergyer still scrambling to build a second planetary base / spaceport? Did fatherhood turn Gregor stingy?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I suspect you underestimate how much planetary (or national) governments cost, and how many projects compete for funding. $406 billion for the US Federal alone for one year, a quick google suggests, not counting the states, or the rest of the planet. And we don't even have a space navy...
As some legislator once quipped, "A million here, a million there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money!"
Ta, L.
As some legislator once quipped, "A million here, a million there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money!"
Ta, L.
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