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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3139583" data-attributes="member: 13624">1) I doubt whether it actually increases security.&nbsp; I doubt it seriously, in fact.2) Even if it does increase security, I doubt whether it&#039;s the most efficient use of the money.&nbsp; If something costs a billion dollars per year, and identifies one potential threat a year, and another program costs the same billion dollars per year, but identifies ten (legitimate) threats per year, where should the funding be sent?&nbsp; Assume--unlike fed.gov seems to think--that money is a limited resource.&nbsp; Remember that economics is the study of scarcity; in a real-world scenario, where resources (capital and otherwise) are scarce, it seems only sensible that they should be allocated to the most productive ends.&nbsp; Any third-grader can understand that; pity we can&#039;t send third-graders to fed.gov service (not a dig at you, but at the idjits in DC).I think the program is a waste of time, manpower, and money.&nbsp; I think that of TSA generally, and of this &quot;hey, let&#039;s stalk people without any probable cause&quot; program specifically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3139583, member: 13624"] 1) I doubt whether it actually increases security. I doubt it seriously, in fact. 2) Even if it does increase security, I doubt whether it's the most efficient use of the money. If something costs a billion dollars per year, and identifies one potential threat a year, and another program costs the same billion dollars per year, but identifies ten (legitimate) threats per year, where should the funding be sent? Assume--unlike fed.gov seems to think--that money is a limited resource. Remember that economics is the study of scarcity; in a real-world scenario, where resources (capital and otherwise) are scarce, it seems only sensible that they should be allocated to the most productive ends. Any third-grader can understand that; pity we can't send third-graders to fed.gov service (not a dig at you, but at the idjits in DC). I think the program is a waste of time, manpower, and money. I think that of TSA generally, and of this "hey, let's stalk people without any probable cause" program specifically. [/QUOTE]

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