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  • Uniform Lunacy at the TSA

    03/12/2013 8:25:49 AM PDT · by IbJensen · 12 replies
    Pittsburgh Tribune ^ | 3/12/2013 | Pittsburgh Tribune Staff
    Just when you think things can't get any crazier, Washington's politicians go another step higher on the lunacy scale. With automatic spending cuts collectively known as the sequester cutting only 2 cents per dollar out of the bloated federal budget -- a budget that's grown 71 percent faster than inflation over the past two decades -- the federal scaremongers are rushing around, putting padlocks on the control towers at the nation's airports. We're supposed to believe that a measly 2 percent cut in spending, something any business or household could handle if its spending was out of control and unsustainable,...
  • Scenes from the Sequestrocalypse: TSA to spend $50 million on new uniforms

    03/05/2013 12:45:40 PM PST · by Sir Napsalot · 14 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 3-5-2013 | Ed Morrissey
    Say, are you getting frustrated by long lines at the airport? Janet Napolitano wants you to know that the sequester is to blame for your woes. ..... "Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse. Napolitano said mandatory spending cuts ordered on Friday by President Barack Obama have led to the elimination of overtime for Transportation Security Administration officers and customs agents. She said TSA...
  • TSA Sealed $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal to Buy New Uniforms

    03/05/2013 7:40:57 AM PST · by george76 · 49 replies
    CNS News ^ | March 5, 2013 | Elizabeth Harrington
    The impending sequester did not prevent the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from acting in late February to seal a $50-million deal to purchase new uniforms for its agents--uniforms that will be partly manufactured in Mexico. Soon after this new investment in TSA uniforms, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned Americans that the lines are already lengthening at airports due to the sequester. ... the TSA said the uniforms will be "manufactured in the U.S. and Mexico." Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the TSA is required to procure uniforms made in the United States. However, uniform products made in...