TSA is lying about increased terror threat to justify new security fee hike (us.wsj.com)
submitted 10.8 years ago by keepcalmson
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Fnordpocalypse 10.8 years ago
Most important part right here.
"On the whole, passengers pay about 43% of the $5 billion annual cost of TSA aviation security, according to the agency"
Empire_of_the_mind 10.8 years ago
You know, if you asked the general public if they could choose between the occasional blown up airplane and $20 cheaper plane tickets I'm fairly certain they'd choose to save twenty bucks.
That's assumes the TSA actually stops planes from blowing up.
Czar 10.8 years ago
The whole setup is a joke. Hell, you can pay to skip "security" all together.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/06/27/airline-tsa-precheck-worth-cost/
Ripsaw1990 10.8 years ago
Wow great link, would upvote if not disallowed due to newness
taKe 10.8 years ago
Ha same
TheVeryWiseOwl 10.8 years ago
You have my intentional upvote!
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Fnordpocalypse ago
Most important part right here.
"On the whole, passengers pay about 43% of the $5 billion annual cost of TSA aviation security, according to the agency"
Empire_of_the_mind ago
You know, if you asked the general public if they could choose between the occasional blown up airplane and $20 cheaper plane tickets I'm fairly certain they'd choose to save twenty bucks.
Fnordpocalypse ago
That's assumes the TSA actually stops planes from blowing up.
Czar ago
The whole setup is a joke. Hell, you can pay to skip "security" all together.
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/06/27/airline-tsa-precheck-worth-cost/
Ripsaw1990 ago
Wow great link, would upvote if not disallowed due to newness
taKe ago
Ha same
TheVeryWiseOwl ago
You have my intentional upvote!