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TSA Cooked The Books For Years On Costs, Federal Vs Private Screening
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a letter to Transportation Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL) that confirms the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has used faulty data and withheld information when evaluating and comparing the costs of the all-federal screening model and an (avstop.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Unbelievable. I predict that not one single person will suffer any ill effect from having done this, either losing their job or any kind of prosecution, and also that the current arrangement will continue and the argument for continuing it will be that regrettably it's too late to do anything about it now and just additional bluster and disinformation as needed to keep things the way they want them to be, regardless of the costs and drawbacks.
And remember, the TSA pretty much as it exists today was visualized, legislated, and birthed under the Bush Administration.
Something about absolute power springs to mind after reading this...hmm.
I am not surprised for one - the Federal Government has never been able to do anything as efficiently as the private sector, so the only way to hide the truth is to cook the books :)
Have to agree 100% with Brian on this one. There is almost nothing the Feds do that private companies can't do better, faster, and cheaper.
Cal - The TSA (and DHS) came into being with all the post-9/11 hysteria. But let's not forget, it was Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) that said "You don't professionalize unless you Federalize."
Cal - The TSA (and DHS) came into being with all the post-9/11 hysteria. But let's not forget, it was Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD) that said "You don't professionalize unless you Federalize."
Bureaucracy does seem to breed inefficiency. However, privatizing presents its own set of problems. Private companies that replace government-run services can buy political influence and give kickbacks to get sweetheart deals or exclusive contracts. Private prisons come to mind. Some of the commissary and security work in Iraq was given to private contractors--Halliburton and Blackwater--with remarkably bad results. The key is oversight. If contracts are given competitively and the work is monitored carefully then we can harness the efficiency of for-profit organizations. If we just trust in the inborn virtue of private businesspeople we're in trouble.