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Congress: The TSA Is Wasting Hundreds of Millions In Taxpayer Dollars

Posted by samzenpus on from the things-we-knew dept.

TheGift73 writes with a Techdirt story about a House Oversight Committee report that is very critical of the TSA's handling of money. "The House Oversight Committee has come out with a report slamming the TSA for tremendous amounts of waste, specifically in the 'deployment and storage' of its scanning equipment. Basically, it sounds like the TSA likes to go on giant spending sprees, buying up security equipment and then never, ever using it." Earlier this month Rand Paul laid out his plan for dealing with the TSA.

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  1. I feel better. by mcmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I assumed they were wasting billions in taxpayer dollars.

    Hundreds of millions is an improvement.

    1. Re:I feel better. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've developed a handy guide to determining how much taxpayer money the TSA is wasting.

      Step 1: Determine the total budget of the TSA.

      You are now done.

    2. Re:I feel better. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      They are just being job creators. If they stop buying so much stuff, the factories & sales staff for security companies will have to lay off staff !
      Why does Rand Paul hate job creation?

  2. Re:Fly naked! It's the only way to be sure. by Eponymous+Hero · · Score: 3, Funny

    my friend's mom's fake tits are the bomb, and there's no scar there either.

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  3. Re:It's worth the expense by kwiqsilver · · Score: 5, Funny

    Homer: Not a bear in sight. The Bear Patrol must be working like a charm.
    Lisa: That's specious reasoning, Dad.
    Homer: Thank you, dear.
    Lisa: By your logic I could claim that this rock keeps tigers away.
    Homer: Oh, how does it work?
    Lisa: It doesn't work.
    Homer: Uh-huh.
    Lisa: It's just a stupid rock.
    Homer: Uh-huh.
    Lisa: But I don't see any tigers around, do you?
    [Homer thinks of this, then pulls out some money]
    Homer: Lisa, I want to buy your rock.
    [Lisa refuses at first, then takes the exchange]

  4. Re:Fly naked! It's the only way to be sure. by Paracelcus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now what I propose is that I (70) and all other over 65 show up at the airport in a bathrobe and slippers (nothing else) send your belongings ahead via FedEx or UPS, and before entering the screening area, kick off the slippers and take off the bathrobe, REMEMBER, OVER 65 ONLY! Insist on a hand search (I've got some hiding places I want explored)!

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  5. Re:..Again. by Entropius · · Score: 3, Funny

    We could achieve the same economic effect with much less fuss if we'd just pay all the TSA inspectors to stay home and dress up as Barney Fife while we groped ourselves. Probably be a better economic stimulus in other ways, too, if y'know what I mean.