geldedgoat
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:47 am Post subject: Napolitano carries on about carry-on luggage |
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More Carry-On Luggage Costing Taxpayers, TSA Millions a Year
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| Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress this week that luggage fees have prompted more passengers to hold onto their bags, which means more items for Transportation Security Administration officers to inspect at security checkpoints at a cost of about $260 million annually. |
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Napolitano was addressing a question from Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat and chairwoman of the subcommittee, who asked whether airlines should help make up for some of the extra costs.
"Checked bagged fees are increasing, it looks like, the cost to TSA because people don't want to pay the fees so they are not checking bags and putting more on the planes," Landrieu said the hearing Wednesday. "My question is, do the taxpayers have to pick up this fee? Or should we be looking at the airlines for some of the profits that they make from these fees to offset the cost the taxpayer." |
The question I wanted to see: "Should we start harassing passengers less to cut the costs?"
But alas...
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| Without commenting on the question of airlines paying more, Napolitano said an increase in airport security fees -- passengers pay up to $5 for each one-way ticket -- would bring her department about $600 million a year. |
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