The growth of TSA’s bureaucracy has outpaced the number of travelers the agency was designed to protect.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.)
March 28, 2012
How many airport security screeners is too many?
[I went through the Moscow/Pullman airport a few weeks ago and counted six TSA agents. There could have been more in back out of sight. 15 years ago, with only slightly less of passenger traffic, there was one security agent.
There are some things government is really good at—spending lots of other people’s money is near the top of that list.
If you have a desire to waste huge amounts of money then giving it to the government is probably a near optimal method of having your desires realized. If you merely burn your money and don’t get it completely burned someone could come along and recover a portion of it. Money given to the government is much less likely to incur those sort of risks.—Joe]
Joe,
This is unrelated to your post (except for the part about “government money”) but I thought you would find it interesting.
http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/the-paying-to-work-for-free-vfx-business-model/
Can you imagine what would happen in the USA if all companies turned to this business model?
That’s nuts! When I traveled to Idaho Falls last year there were only two TSA employees visible at the airport.