"TSA personnel primarily responsible for screening passengers make between $25,518 and $44,007" [1] $8.1 billion is the entire TSA budget, it's not just wages

"TSA personnel primarily responsible for screening passengers make between $25,518 and $44,007" [1] $8.1 billion is the entire TSA budget, it's not just wages for Transportation Security Officers. Looking at the budget [2], total wages for screening personnel are closer to $2 billion. [1] http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/11/29/fox-panelists-outrageous-claim-tsa-agents-can-m/173830 http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/11/29/fox-panelists-ou... [2] TSA appropiatons bill, page 32: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-110srpt396/pdf/CRPT-110srpt396.pdf http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-110srpt396/pdf/CRPT-110srp...