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Are TSA security services free[1]? Or does the airport pay for the government presence, too? [1] That is, does a TSA airport pay out of pocket specifically fo
by bmj 15y ago
Are TSA security services free[1]? Or does the airport pay for the government presence, too?
[1] That is, does a TSA airport pay out of pocket specifically for the TSA staff, or is it a service of Homeland Security (and funded by tax dollars, exclusively)?
- hastur 15y agoI don't know but I very much doubt that airports pay for TSA staff. At worst, airports provide electricity for all the equipment, like scanners, and don't make any money off the space used up by TSA (screening rooms, etc).
- khuey 15y agoThere are fees on airline tickets in the US that pay for TSA services. Whether that is their sole source of funding or not I don't know. I imagine that at least some of the renovations that have been done at various airports to house larger screening facilities have been paid for out of general tax dollars.