"It looks like Congress' recent jabs at TSA were just posturing after all. Last Friday, President Obama signed a spending act passed by both houses of Congress. The act gives TSA a $7.85 billion budget increase for 2012 and includes funding for 12 additional multi-modal Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams and 140 new behavior detection officers. It even includes funding for 250 shiny new body scanners, which was originally cut from the funding bill last May.
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More proof the debate over budget cuts is a joke.Link
Maybe in the future, if a poor person needs and MRI or xray, they will be able buy a plane ticket and get one free from the TSA.*
*Interpretation of scans and diagnosis requires an additional fee. Ticket price not refundable. Discounts for mileage points not applicable. Bring your own in flight meal. Certain food items not allowed.