[To-Whose-Benefit?]

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[torchy]

TSA is a screwed-up bureaucracy.

In other news, the Pope is Catholic.

[NEMDF]

So let’s say it is $184 million. What does that come out to, about $2 for every taxpayer? Plus the cost of the storage space, the people it took to order, then store the stuff? Now up to $3 for every taxpayer. Gets to be $10 per household, a million dollars for a community of 300,000 people. Now we are talking about money that could be used for something of value... Why don’t those in government think this way?

[Boogieman]

Even the scanners that are not in storage, but are being used every day are a waste of taxpayer money. The TSA knew full well when they purchased them that they were unable to detect the latest bombs that the terrorists were building.

[cuban leaf]

Dog bites man. Meh...

[Tallguy]

The US government doesn’t care that they are wasting taxpayer money. It’s what they do. It’s the control that they are after.

[Cboldt]

TSA: Congress is wasting hundreds of billions of dollars.

[dfwgator]

[allmendream]

“We got twice as many as we needed, but we got a 10% price break! Look at how much money we saved!”

Those TSA guys - not very good at math - or much else.

I am sure that there was certainly nothing improper going on with someone buying more than was needed of something hideously expensive. Not like there would be bribery or kickbacks or such going on. NEVER!