"Bringing in more complication to the tax code, another difficult tax provision for the IRS to administer, and dubious tax policy at best is not the answer, " Zerbe said.
If, as the Center believes, the answer is nothing with the dubious exception of short run savings to certain American satellite manufacturers who are willing to risk their future competitiveness by allowing foreign access to sensitive and proprietary information in order to obtain short-run savings on launch costs then this venture is contrary to U.S. vital interests.