Anybody else find it ironic that the US spends over 5 billion dollars a year on TSA which is a security project that argubably protects a small number of lives (not trying to be callous about human life, just raising the point for perspective). Yes we lost thousands on 9-11. But that will never happen again (terrorists taking control of several planes). Pilots won't let it happen. Passengers won't let it happen. And the military will shoot the planes down before much damage can be done.

So... TSA does provide some measure of protection, but the damage they are protecting against is relatively minimal at this point.

Yet we spend over 5 billion per year. Contrast this with the Tsunami that killed Hunderds of thousands, left hundreds of thousands more homeless and in terrible living conditions, and the US offers 350 millon (yes, I believe we will offer much more in the days to come) but it is a pretty stark comparison to what we spend on our reaction to 9-11 (the TSA).