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Senate DEMS Back Increase In Air Travel Fee To Close Funding Shortfall at TSA

Submitted by emalvini on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 14:59
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Senate DEMS Back Increase In Air Travel Fee To Close Funding Shortfall at TSA

By Erik Wasson - 05/22/12 12:33 PM ET

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday moved forward with legislation to increase airline passenger security fees, beating back a GOP attempt to keep them at current levels.

The 2013 Homeland Security appropriations bill would increase one-way fees for passengers from $2.50 to $5 in order to close a budget shortfall at the Transportation Security Administration.

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/228835-...


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How about

Submitted by BigT on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 17:30.

we just fire TSA agents until there is no shortfall?

We never needed any of them anyway. Every one of them is a total waste at best.

I just don't get it:

Submitted by Tramp on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 17:24.

Why are people still using these air lines?
If everyone just stopped flying, the airlines would suffer sooooo bad that something would get done to eliminate these things.

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The usual pattern: first the feds create the

Submitted by reedr3v on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 15:10.

problem, then subsequent legislation makes it worse and ever more costly. The problem they create is never resolved.