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I'm a TSA agent, and my most recent paycheck was just $4 thanks to the government shutdown. I can't afford rent. (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] lolo@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You guys, can you please fund the vicious private army that kidnaps and tortures people for no fucking reason? Cause otherwise I can’t go to my job where I sit on my ass all day being as rude as fucking possible to people while serving no actual purpose. Don’t you see I’m a GODDAMNED VICTIM??

Business Insider and the airline CEOs understand, why can’t you? Just allow a liiiiiiiittle bit of murder in the streets and I can go back to thoughtlessly propping up the empire for an hourly wage! Before you ask private armies not to kill you, ask how this will affect CEOs and the security state, you know, things that matter to people like me.

[+] remon@ani.social -9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

the vicious private army that kidnaps and tortures people for no fucking reason?

Are you maybe thinking of ICE? This is about the TSA ...

[–] moody@lemmings.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're (sarcastically) suggesting that a compromise or concession needs to be made (funding ICE) to end the shutdown so that government employees (inculuding TSA) can start getting paid again.

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I've got a compromise suggestion.... eradicate ICE

[–] lolo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am definitely referring to Border Patrol, ICE, and related organizations.

Homeland Security is what is being de-funded, affecting all organizations under its umbrella. Both the TSA and ICE are run through HSA, so re-funding HSA means re-funding both.

This TSA agent needs money and that’s more important than people dying in camps. And they want money for doing nothing, which is what the TSA does. And want us to feel suuuuper sad about them and feel nothing about people murdered in the streets and sent to countries they’ve never been to.

So fuck them is the conclusion I came to. People in this country are suffering, and they’re not one of them.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I mean its congress, there isnt only one exclusive answer to the problem. They could literally remove TSA from Homeland Security and put it under the authority of the DOT and give it full funding. Then continue to fight over funding for DHS

[–] Akh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, they could, in theory.

[–] jam12705@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Where is the tiny violin emoji? Maybe get a real job that bennifets society...IDK

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

I feel for you as a person dude but like, starting a sentence with "As a TSA agent..." is not the way to garner sympathy.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

The Touch Someone's Ass agency?

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Turns out working for a fascist government is a bad idea. Who could have guessed?

[–] hateisreality@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Tough shit, the TSA shouldn't exist

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Weird how there's so many government shutdowns while Republicans are in control and they last longer.

Weird how that happens repeatedly.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I have to work through the government shutdown

Why? Call in, quit, hell just don't show up. They ain't paying you anyway.

[–] CreamyJalapenoSauce@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

I could not care less about the struggles of the TSA.

[–] Milksteaks@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Man that reminds me when I went through a tsa security checkpoint. I took off my belt shoes etc, then this dumb tsa bitch tells me to pull up my pants and calls me a slob. Wtf you had me take off my belt what do you expect? I say defund ice and tsa