From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Sep/11/2022 at 03:20, Snidely wrote:   
   > On Saturday, Alain Fournier exclaimed wildly:   
      
   >> The real question, in my opinion, is why didn't they disconnect the   
   >> whole programme years ago. Why not buy rides from SpaceX and Blue   
   >> Origin to go to the moon. It would be much cheaper than the SLS   
   >> boondoggle.   
   >   
   > Well, of course you know the answer is political, and that SLS is a   
   > giant jobs program.   
      
   Yes, you are right.   
      
   But even for that it is no longer clear that it is a win for politicians   
   to create jobs that way. I’m not sure about the areas where SLS jobs are   
   located. Here in Quebec, we are in an electoral campaign. Some   
   politicians are promising jobs, because they are used to doing that. But   
   the unemployment rate is so low, that they are mostly met with employers   
   complaining that the government shouldn’t unfairly compete with them   
   over the few available workers. I’m not sure if it makes sense for   
   politicians to promise jobs in this day of labour shortage.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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