It's a joke.

Guy likes balloons, don't judge.

Goin to the zoo, zoo, zoo, how about you, you, you

Otherwise, how can we cross them?

Is it parallel?

They're playing fast and loose with the word "orbit". The ride goes to the stratosphere on a big bag of helium, generally referred to as a "balloon"

It's a sandwich that's popular in Fishburg.

They aren't, we just have a lot of whiners these days.

Oh, right, I was thinking goat, but of course lamb.

Also US cops have better hats than that.

No holo.

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"As long as I get the licensing fees."

Oh... well, in the context of the post we're commenting on, 1. Curiosity Rover didn't cost anywhere near 100 billion, 2. I really don't know how much the tax deduction for charitable contributions is costing the govt, either for churches alone or for all 501c3s, 3. the cost of Curiosity, and probably the cost of this tax break, is nothing compared to the cost of effective assistance for poor people, 4. my opinion, including churches in that list is weird (though of course politically mandatory), as evidenced by the contortions the govt then has to go through to define what is a church. Also, we wouldn't have to hear all the whining about "the mean government has a law against churches being politically active" which is a lie, the truth being that lobbying or advocating for or against candidates would lose them a tax break. But of course this is all hypothetical, this won't happen.

Not sure who your question is directed to. But it's worth noting that the most recent tax law change raised the standard deduction, while limiting the deduction for state and local taxes, with the result that for many taxpayers, it's no longer favorable to itemize deductions. This means that for them, this tax advantage is effectively gone.