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And this raises the question: the people who quit from TSA: where do they go work next?

Is ICE systematically poaching all the employees working for other federal, state and local enforcement agencies?

All the water bottles

TSA is the School Resource Officer of airports. They have stopped nothing and cost money that can go to other quality of life projects with better returns, like new bathrooms.

They certainly didn't stop Adam Savage from accidentally taking a foot long razor onto a plane in his carry on.

I'm here to give you my personal experience.

I've had countless experiences in which the TSA has thwarted me. At least half a dozen nail clippers, two or three bottle openers, and countless beverages.

Who will save the economy when we aren't re-purchasing these items after flights?

Ditto. I need a steady paycheck. No one should put up with an employer who refuses to pay earned pay.

I am honestly still surprised that after decades upon decades of doing this, Trump still manages to get away with refusing to pay workers what they are owed. Somehow people just forget that or don't think he won't pay them.

In some cases there are some people who are wising up to him. The Kurds, for example, remember the sudden betrayal and withdrawal that Trump did in his first term and made it clear that they refuse to fight Iran or participate in his campaign in any way.

Look at the jobs report and you'll see why they'd rather tough it out.

I remember when the TSA first started after 9/11. People were extremely critical of them from the get go. I still remember when Joe Foss (WW2 Medal of Honor recipient and the highest scoring US Marine fighter pilot ever) was stopped by the TSA in 2002 because they thought that the Medal was a weapon of some kind and even his dummy bullet souvenirs were to be taken and destroyed... he was able to get them to not take away his medal (he had to mail it to himself at his destination). This caused a small scandal at the time.

“Look what democrats are doing to our country!”

Unemployment is systematically being weaponized in this country. There's a reason unions are being dismantled, pensions looted, and safety nets removed.

~~Some~~ most

My favorite TSA experience was how my nephew was on a no fly list and we didnt find this out until we waited through two hours in line.

My nephews age at the time? 6 months old. The No Fly order was older than he was.

Lots of critical thinking going on with that lot, lemme tell you.

Unfortunately you continue to get security theater, but with an exponential increase in racism.

Well…it does stand for Theatre Security Agency.

It's all about how the US government operates. The budget is actually non-binding, it's a framework that is used to write the further appropriations bills that actually allocate money to departments. The problem here is that the Homeland Security Department is the only body that does not have its funds appropriated for the remainder of the fiscal year.

While there is a lapse in appropriations for the entire department, some functions (like ICE) already have separate funds appropriated. But apparently TSA has no stash of money hiding.