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Airline passengers leave about $400,000 a year in coins they forget to — or choose not to — take with them as they scramble to catch flights, according to the Transportation Security Administration. In 2010, that loose change amounted to $409,085.56. That's $376,480.39 in dollar coins, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies, plus foreign currency worth $32,605.17. (travel.usatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
and they aren't returning that money to the taxpayers why?
"Money that can't be returned is used to finance Agency Operations.???????? What in Sam Hill is their budget for. It is ascenine that therewill have to be congressional involvement to direct that money use. And while I am at it, I could not think of a better use than giving it to the USO
If the government were to give it to charity, it would have to go into the general CFC fund to be distributed evenly among all approved charities.
$409k is a drop in the bucket for the TSA's budget and can actually be used to help offset some of the deficit. As indy2001 notes below, it comes out to $1,120.55 per day. That's an average of less than $3 per day per federalized airport. A TSO makes more than that in 15 minutes of work. Overall, that $409k probably wouldn't even cover the payroll for a year at a small airport like KABY, much less a week's payroll at a huge airport like KATL.
$409k is a drop in the bucket for the TSA's budget and can actually be used to help offset some of the deficit. As indy2001 notes below, it comes out to $1,120.55 per day. That's an average of less than $3 per day per federalized airport. A TSO makes more than that in 15 minutes of work. Overall, that $409k probably wouldn't even cover the payroll for a year at a small airport like KABY, much less a week's payroll at a huge airport like KATL.
Yawn.
Seriously, who cares about $1000 per day in pocket change? Most of it is probably left intentionally by customers don't want it, especially if they're leaving the country. When I'm traveling, I intentionally carry only paper money. Any change that I get along the way is donated into the nearest kettle or non-profit agency's collection bin.
Seriously, who cares about $1000 per day in pocket change? Most of it is probably left intentionally by customers don't want it, especially if they're leaving the country. When I'm traveling, I intentionally carry only paper money. Any change that I get along the way is donated into the nearest kettle or non-profit agency's collection bin.
Might not be but a drop in the bucket but it is a drop I daresay that the USO would love to have.As Jeremy says above, if turned in it would have to be distributed as above, which I guess is why the congressional action is needed to direct it. To me, another example of arrogance by the TSA in not turning it in in the first place to the CFC fund as it should have.
To me this is nothing new. I put all my change and small similar items into a ZIP Lock Baggy and have them out, and then when it goes through the scanner just through it back in. Been doing this for the past couple of years.