>if Congress funded the TSA enough >we created the TSA, tasked it with a massive task, and hobbled it with ..., weak funding, ... This is a terrible congress,

>if Congress funded the TSA enough >we created the TSA, tasked it with a massive task, and hobbled it with ..., weak funding, ... This is a terrible congress, but I'm tired of hearing this nonsense. It's not true. This is simply mismanagement, blame shifting, and parroting of spin. TSA has an increased budget but has voluntarily eliminated screeners. They recognize it and call it a win. The budget is north of $7.3 B and has increased year over year. Despite this, TSA has eliminated thousands of positions. These numbers are all publicly available and verifiable[1][2][3]. In FY 2016, TSA budget increased almost $49 million to a totally of $7.3 billion. Despite this increase, TSA eliminated 2,860 positions from it workforce. Likewise, the 2017 budget (which is not finalized, of course) has increased upwards of $70 million. They simply can't spend the money fast enough. TSA sees no problem with this. In fact, they think they're doing a great job. On the elimination of 1,666 screeners, they laud themselves, "[Risk-based security] methods have proven more efficient in moving people through the checkpoint than regular screening lanes and require fewer resources than a traditional screening lane. This reduction reflects TSA’s goal to continue transitioning to a smaller, more skilled, professional workforce..." [2-p.62] 1. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/FY15BIB.pdf https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/FY15BIB... 2. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/FY_2016_DHS_Budget_in_Brief.pdf https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/FY_2016... 3. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/FY2017BIB.pdf https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/FY2017B...