Did the TSA cook the books?
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sba55
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The GAO is usually quite good.
Anyways, when it comes to the TSA and you have to ask, the answer is usually "Yes." Did they lie about the costs? Yes. Did they lie about health risks. Yes. Actually, I can't think of anything where the TSA has been truthful.
Anyways, when it comes to the TSA and you have to ask, the answer is usually "Yes." Did they lie about the costs? Yes. Did they lie about health risks. Yes. Actually, I can't think of anything where the TSA has been truthful.
wsuffa
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And the head of the TSA announced - just as they approved the union - that they will not allow any more airports to use private screeners.
Surely, Bill - surely this must be mere coincidence in time.
Crooked is as crooked does, and these mutts are crooked.
Cooking the books is what they do, and don't ask if the TSA buys machines that don't work like the necked scanners. It's a secret of national security.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122005599.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122005599.html
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When you've got the votes you can answer any question any damn way you choose and it has been that way for a long time. To the winner goes the spoils.
I attended the Senate Finance Committee hearings on the 1986 Tax Reform bill. An increase in capital gains rates was included in the proposed bill, so Sen Sims asked some IRS ******* why the projected revs from cap gains showed an increase when everybody in Washington knew that rate increases always cause a decrease in revs because people stop selling stuff. The mental giant gave him a blank stare then shrugged and said "Well, Senator, that's just an inherent part of our assumptions."
I attended the Senate Finance Committee hearings on the 1986 Tax Reform bill. An increase in capital gains rates was included in the proposed bill, so Sen Sims asked some IRS ******* why the projected revs from cap gains showed an increase when everybody in Washington knew that rate increases always cause a decrease in revs because people stop selling stuff. The mental giant gave him a blank stare then shrugged and said "Well, Senator, that's just an inherent part of our assumptions."