[FlyingA]

Actually, TSA agent pays over $60K to sit around and chat with other TSA agents at the coffee shops in empty airports.

But shortly, the USA will come down to two types of people (outside of the corrupt elites); hungry peasants trying to get security jobs and security people trying to control the masses of hungry peasants.

Note this situation will gradually drive security work down to minimum wage where it should be anyway. So in my mind, the hottest job (OR ONLY JOB) the next ten years in America will be low pay security/police officer.

On the bright side, at least Americans no longer will have to buy airplane tickets to visit the third world: they will live in it.

[FlyingA]

1657.5 in reply to 1657.1

The Occupational Outlook 2002-2003 is on-line. Enjoy

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

[PokeyJoe]

ouch.

[headsonpikes]

Take off your rosy glasses! ;^)

[Glenn]

Actually, TSA agent pays over $60K to sit around and chat with other TSA agents at the coffee shops in empty airports.

I was astounded on a recent trip at the sheer quantity of TSA agents in airports. I was also baffled by the differences in their modes of operation. I wound up in a shouting match with a supervisor in Anchorage because he would not allow me to place a piece of fine felt under my Mac Powerbook when placing it in the bin. No other gateway seemed to have a problem with it. This pr*ck, "Robert", went punitive on me after I took his name and badge number and made sure he went through every item I had -- slowly. I'm shut of them. Another band of very red tape on the taxpayer's back. And for what? I can file the edge of any CD down to a razor sharp edge and cut throats at will with it. Do you think this band of Barneys would ever detect it?

Not a chance.