Why would you not extend that idea to paying for gps access directly?

Simply stated, the idea is that it is a public good for businesses to know the weather as well as they can. For somewhat self evident reasons.

> Simply stated, the idea is that it is a public good for businesses to know the weather as well as they can.

But not for the business who sell weather services. How can we maximize shareholder value and grow GDP if we don't financialize every possible things? /s

> The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories.

* https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHA...

A model where a business that makes money off of the public data, after a certain time or amount of money a fee schedule kicks in where they pay back into the system seems like it would make sense.

One could call that a 'tax', and to keep the process streamlined, instead of itemizing the benefits that corporations get from government services, one could simply charge a percentage of profits.

That seems reasonable but I was imagining a system that allowed a window of time to bolster innovation. Maybe that's silly.

Private entities pay taxes too.