TSA Spending $1,000 Per Employee on New Uniforms!

They had to get that in before the sequester takes place, while our border guards have nothing for replacement uniforms and have to buy their own.

Hello My name is B.H.O. POTUSofA, and I'm here to help you.

What about all our boys and girls who are stuck in FOB's around the world?

This is the epitome of lunacy, not to mention arrogance.

That wasn't Obama, it was Janet Napolotano.

Well, I'm not going to go into details of POTHUSofA......

would campaign about the details On How Sequester Will Hurt Disabled Children and Abused Women........

yet, POTHUSofA made sure to supply 1 Billion Dollar Bailout to Save the Muslim Brotherhood ... pledging to help Egypt's failing economy, from the Obama administration and in the ways he did it....

And how he did it......

before this is censored due to the political nature............ too late, huh?

Yay!!!

Nah-nah-nah-nah

Nah-nah-nah-nah

Hey hey hey

Goodbye!

That wasn't Obama, it was Janet Napolitano.

Seriously?! LOL

Wrong!

The uniforms are part of normal business, they had to continue as if the sequester would not take place in case it didn't. TSA, like the border guards get their initial uniforms supplied but must pay for replacements.

You obviously hate the President beyond his politics, but you should still get your facts straight for man attack.

What I don't get is that the allowance for new employees and they are under the sequester their to cut hours to save money.

Yes, but when the do work, the'll look very professional in those new uniforms.

The Sequester really isn't that huge of a cut, not when you look at the budget......... what is damaging, is the across the board cuts.......

if they were to cut 85 Billion from non essential programs, you would not even notice. But instead using the Sequester to campaign as a political means to be able to write an open check is what the Sequester doom and gloom is all about.

As far as I'm concerned, we should sequester some more..... and bring spending under control or until the political dopes dumbing up, and that will only happen when bread is being taking from their tables

Cutting spending is hard, but I rather take spending cuts than spending money that does not exist

Well I think everybody would agree that we need to cut spending, the problem is where, and the trick is not to spark an economic downturn in the process....

Well I think everybody would agree that we need to cut spending

I think that is a consensus

and the trick is not to spark an economic downturn in the process....

I understand that one has to spend money to make money.......whats interesting is

if spending money, money that not only doesn't really existing to stimulate the economy, money that is monumental to create.

Then I feel the economy isn't in the best of shape to really matter to begin with,...... i.e. take your licks today, or get a good spanking tomorrow

Everybody?? Really, seems only one side of the aisle is the only one interested and not all of them.

Good point. One of the main advantages of having a spiffy new TSA uniform (or even a slightly tattered one) is that it gives the wearer the chance to access to parts of the airport that you and I can't get into in our civvies. My guess is that the design, manufacture, and delivery of these uniforms costs quite a bit more than similar looking clothes you might find at WalMart. Some part of that is due to the security issue you mention. To determine if theses uniforms are truly overpriced would seem to require a separate accounting of the costs of the articles of clothing and the costs to secure the clothing so that bad guys cant't get them. I wonder how much a terrorist group would pay for a TSA uniform?

This may well be a boondoggle. Contractors have been known to gouge, and there are persistent rumors that our quest for security may be creating a 'bubble' in security spending. But just the fact that twenty articles of clothing might cost $1000 ($50 per item) is not very conclusive.

I doubt seriously that wearing a TSA uniform will allow you to gain access to any sensitive areas in an airport.

No badge, no access.

No, its a combinations........... you have a badge but no uniform can make it more difficult......... for say questioning are you where your suppose to be........ maybe, its paranoia, until you ask the question, why is it we have TSA?.

IMO. that the employees at TSA, like allot of government employees, .........are just concentrating on collecting their pensions and they don't like making waves

Entry level positions in the TSA are about $15 per hour. It is about the same as a private security job. The numbers of "good" applicants are rather low and this leaves a lot of positions filled with applicants that just make minimal requirements. It's the same way with private security jobs.

The job also is extremely boring and mentally frustrating. One agent told me that they spend their whole day basically repeating the same phrases to people that are miserable and in some cases hostile.

The bright side is that as a government employee you get very good benefits. Given the stress and work you do you need all the breaks. perks, and time off you can get.

The other thing is with a bottom run job you can only move up or not at all.

maybe, this picture says it all..........

Not much cheaper.....

But the b.s. and g.s. have to buy their own........ Of course the g.s. cookies rake you over the coals......

You haven't bought any Boy Scout uniforms lately, have you. I have.

Then, there's the tent, Class B uniforms, shoes, shorts, jackets, camping gear.......

<Sorry AH, didn't see the other two when I jumped on this.>

If you paid $1,000 for a Boy Scout or Girl Scout uniform, I have a matching bridge you might be interested in...

No thanks.

I already own three bridges and a fleet of barges that generate electricity.

We could actually have a chance of salvaging this thread, if we made it about pointing out instances of government waste....without getting into party affiliation.

The Alaskan bridge to nowhere comes to mind.

No reason to get partisan; politicians, theft, and waste are a global reality. Nobody is immune from the self serving stupidity of politicians. We just get to pay for it and vote for people that promise to fix it.

Right on! I have come to understand, the 1st lier never stands a chance.

It's pretty pointless to argue along party lines.

One fish is the government; one fish is the people.

One fish says to the other fish, " If you don't find a way to feed me more, I will let you die".

Can anyone guess which fish is which?

Perhaps clicking on the link provided in the original post would help you with some xenocentric glasses...

TSA is defined in the first damned sentence!

Maybe a little truth about this subject wouldn't hurt anyone:

http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2013/03/08/about-the-50m-tsa-uniform-contract.htm

Thank you (and SolarEagle) for the link.

A google search on "TSA Uniforms news" turned up a short list of known to be (to me at least) right wing media outlets, none from any other media outlets, and a few .gov references. This confirms my suspicion that this is right wing media taking one sentence and trying to make it into something it is not. The more they do that, the less I trust them.

Pay attention...all of you who have never worked for an official US government agency nor the US military...

These uniforms are what is known as "organizational clothing". Military uniforms also fall into this category. Military personnel are given clothing allowance every year near their entry date anniversary. (Allowances are non-taxable). They must maintain their regular uniforms with the money they are given. Uniforms may only be purchased by the government contract producer and are only available (new) from PX, NEX, etc.

The military also has special organizational clothing which is issued and turned in upon completion of assignment (usually).

TSA "uniforms" are the same way. The average Joe off of the street should not be allowed to purchase a TSA uniform at Wal-Mart, Sears, Penneys, Target or wherever. That would defeat the purpose of the security of the uniform. Instead of being given a clothing allowance, the TSA purchases the uniforms for the employee. They are issued to the employee. If an employee needs a new shirt, they turn in the old one and get a new one. Eventually the stock needs to be replenished.

You are all getting into a tizzy about nothing.

Done.

Tizzy?

In hindsight, I should have checked the source before posting. I'd have not posted it if I had.

I should have known it would "go political".

You ok Cuba_pete........

Lets hope these guys won't be selling uniforms. Seems like it would be a great way for child molesters and house burglars to fit right in and go unnoticed.

http://www.empowernetwork.com/goldenenterprise/blog/usps-clothing-line/

$1000 per employee does sound a little high. That amount would keep me dressed for about 20 years.