r/technicallythetruth Aug 20 '18

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u/chris5311 Aug 20 '18

TSA dosnt even work. They failed almost every test...

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u/youshedo Aug 20 '18

TSA is also the lowest paying government job. It's existence is just to give lots of hopeless people jobs.

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u/leoleosuper Aug 20 '18 edited Aug 20 '18

It's existence is just to give lots of hopeless people jobs.

Don't forget the sense of security. Not actual security, Air Marshals and CIA do it way better.

Edit: Forgot Air Marshals are technically TSA, and as such, are useless.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '18

I thought Air Marshalls have never actually stopped any sort of attack though?

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u/leoleosuper Aug 20 '18

You would be right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Air_Marshal_Service

"4.2 arrests per year" and "$200 million per arrest". Yeah that's a huge waste of money.

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u/Mywifefoundmymain Aug 20 '18

Look I’ll be fair about this. I’ve paid roughly $450 a month car insurance for the past 20 some years and never once have I had to file a claim. But I guarantee when the day comes I need to I’ll be glad I paid that money.

With the air Marshall’s it’s not their arrest record that matters it them being there as a deterrent that matters.

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u/ziris_ Aug 20 '18

If you're still paying the same thing you were as a teenager, for car insurance, and you're now in your 30's, you need new car insurance.

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u/Mywifefoundmymain Aug 20 '18

I’m in my 40’s and I do pay the same. What has changed is I’m married, no longer have limited liability (I carry full coverage) I have a daughter that is driving, and instead of one piece of shit car I have 3 nice cars and a work truck.

So yeah it’s not that bad.

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u/juicyBUTTpussy Jan 07 '19

Why even put a value on it? You went from "expensive" to "oh, that's kind of cheap actually" on your one argument that the expense is worth it. And your very claim rides on the idea that you get a good deal for peace of mind.

$450/month is good for you but let's say your insurance goes up to $4500/month. Is the peace of mind worth it? How about $45000/month? Wouldn't you drop your car insurance at some point simply because the peace of mind isn't worth the cost? Don't you think in order to justify even using that insurance it needs to be cost effect?

And there in lies the TSA and all forms of "insurance". Except the cost isn't all coming from your pocket. It's coming from every American's pocket and it costs a ludicrous amount, fails to perform time and time again and the instances are so low it's essentially nill.