Making the case for NASA ARES/ CONSTELLATION...and SPACEX

Mr President, Why not ARES?

The case can be made that extra 3 billion dollars a year for NASA is no a lot of money when you consider the immediate local jobs and economic impact.
Remember we spent 1 trillion dollars on "junk assets" to bail out wayward finiancial instututions with very little ROI. That An extra 3 billion for NASA would do the following:

• 1. Create High Paying, Skilled jobs in depressed local economies
• 2. Spur American Technical Innovation
• 3. Keep America in the manned spaceflight business.
• 4. Fund Commercial Space companies like Spacex or Orbital
• 4. Inspire the next generation to inherit the stars.

So Mr President what's the hesitation?

Remember NASA has always been inefficient even during the Apollo days so this isn't an excuse.