Originally Posted by
thegeneral
<SNIP> Airport security always was expensive. There were screeners, xray equipment, etc, before and they were all expensive too. The security now really isn't much different than security was before 9/11.
Last year close to $7 billion was spent by the TSA. How much was spent on airport security in 2001?
Originally Posted by
thegeneral
Do you seriously think that people in other countries are saying to themselves that they don't want to come to the US because they have to take off their shoes or actually check a bag??
Actually, I do hear from family and friends in Europe how they spend their vacation euros in places other than the States to avoid the TSA/CBP nonsense.
Originally Posted by
thegeneral
Traveling for work, quite frankly, sucks, but it's the nature of the beast for many jobs. The TSA has almost no ability to ruin my week.
I’m sorry to hear you hate travelling.