Originally Posted by
TSORon
A few billion for the TSA and its programs/equipment is pocket change in comparison. Perspective.
No, Ronnie. This is perspective and top priority:
From the NY Times back in April:
"Infant mortality has been declining slightly in the United States. But 28,000 children under the age of 1 still die every year......
"In 2004, the latest year for which worldwide data are available, the United States had a higher rate than 28 countries, including Singapore, Japan, Cuba and Hungary...In 1960, the United States had a higher rate than only 11 countries.
“We think the increase in preterm birth and preterm-related causes of death are major factors inhibiting further declines in infant mortality,” said Marian F. MacDorman, the lead author of the report and a statistician at the C.D.C. “Infant mortality is a major public health problem, and it’s not improving.”
Let's spend our money where it will do some actual good.