re eco freaks forcing space mining in article apr aurora alaska edu nsmca aurora alaska edu writes here is a way to get the commericial companies into space and mineral exploration basically get the eci freaks to make it so hard to get the minerals on earth you think this is crazy well in a way it is but in a way it is reality there is a billin the congress to do just that basically to make it so expensive to mine minerals in the us unless you can by off the inspectors or tax collectors ascially what i understand from talking to a few miner friends of mine that they the congress propose to have a tax on the gross income of the mine versus the adjusted income also the state governments have there normal taxes so by the time you get done paying for materials workers and other expenses you can owe more than what you made basically if you make a and spend ofor expenses you can owe in federal taxes bascially it is driving the miners off the land and the only peopel who benefit are the eco freaks basically to get back to my beginning statement is space is the way to go cause it might just get to expensive to mine on earth because of either the eco freaks or the protectionist such fun we have in these interesting times michael adams nsmca acad alaska edu i m not high just jacked the current mining regulations and fees were set in the s what the so called eco freaks want to do is to simply bring those fees in line with current economic reality currently mining companies can get access to minerals on public lands for ridiculously low prices something like the mining lobby has for decades managed to block any reform of these outdated fees in fact the latest attempt to reform them was again blocked president clinton compromised by taking the mining fee reforms out of his budget and plans to draft separate legislation to fight that battle if you want to discuss this further i suggest you take this to talk environment g patrick molloy huntsville alabama
