The way I see it, each stamp is a discounted security which, if used 12 months after I bought it, will have given me a 5.5 per cent tax-free return. Yes, I'm a tightwad.
Senator Gramm, erstwhile tightwad, gets 120% more for the Superconducting Super Collider in Texas. Mr. Darman can boast of 13% more for his beloved space bureaucracy at NASA.