I didn't say anything IF taxes were important or IF people's WOULD pay them. And yes, we are talking about semantics (mathematical sense). People couldn't giv

I didn't say anything IF taxes were important or IF people's WOULD pay them. And yes, we are talking about semantics (mathematical sense). People couldn't give money to the DoD and accomplish the same thing, nor could they give money to DHS or any of the other Executive Departments. NASA is an independent, federally funded, civilian agency. The part of it that is Federal, is its budget.