The one thousand Monkeys randomly hacking at the TSA typewriter came up with this Gem.
[due to sequestration] ...slots for 1,000 security officers to be vacant by Memorial Day and 2,600 vacancies by the end of September.
"With TSA staffing levels decreasing over time, we expect that during busy travel periods wait times exceeding 30 to 40 minutes could double at nearly all of the largest airports," the agency said in a statement.
Source
Where do I begin?
A minor cut in the budget DOUBLES the wait time (halves the throughput). Really?!?!?!
Here's an idea (channeling my inner Spiff)... FIRE THEM ALL*!!!
* - and stop waging war on some drugs too. 