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TSA keeps the spare change left in security bins, which amounts to $3m over unspecified number of years, with "some evidence that in 2013, TSA was scrounging ab
by rendx 7y ago
TSA keeps the spare change left in security bins, which amounts to $3m over unspecified number of years, with "some evidence that in 2013, TSA was scrounging about half a million dollars a year from security bins" without actually pointing to any evidence. Author finds this a big deal.
- oceliker 7y agoIt's not linked in the article, but the number comes from a committee report [1] related to the TSA Loose Change Act (which _is_ linked in the article, but finding the report from that link is indeed nontrivial). I think the interesting part is that TSA keeps the money to fund its own operations. The actual amount they raise is not too surprising. [1] https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/113th-congress/house-report/274/1 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/113th-congress...