Why do people keep bashing the TSA?

[roberth]

TSA - Too Stupid for Arby's

The TSA is like DHS, just another useless government entity designed to confiscate our liberty and our money.

[cstone]

TSA is a part of DHS.

Somewhere between anarchy and a police state is a list of agencies which the majority of people can agree upon. This list would contain all of the government agencies who; provide a useful service, provide that service effectively and efficiently, and do so with fewer mistakes than successes.

Someone should start that list. I will go first:
City and County wastewater management

[roberth]

TSA is a part of DHS.

My mistake.

[Byte Stryke]

TSA is a part of DHS.

which only serves to compound the injury with insult.

[cstone]

The Coast Guard is part of DHS. Is the Coast Guard bad? Does anyone like the Secret Service? They are part of DHS.

I'm just trying to find out if there is anyone here who likes any federal government agency.

[trlcavscout]

The Coast Guard is part of DHS. Is the Coast Guard bad? Does anyone like the Secret Service? They are part of DHS.

I'm just trying to find out if there is anyone here who likes any federal government agency.

I dont think most people here like anything let alone the gubment?

[tmleadr03]

The Coast Guard is part of DHS. Is the Coast Guard bad? Does anyone like the Secret Service? They are part of DHS.

I'm just trying to find out if there is anyone here who likes any federal government agency.

I am kinda fond of the Marine Corps...

[cstone]

I am kinda fond of the Marine Corps...

I intentionally did not mention the Department of Defense. It is the part of the federal government so many of us have been employed by at some point in our lives. I'm not sure if this is true or not, but it seems true to me so I will say it here; the beast looks different from the inside. I'm not saying it is better, but what I see in almost every federal agency, state or local agency, and business for that matter is, they come down to the people who make them work. If the leadership of a company changes, the company changes. If the rank and file changes, the organization changes.

There was a time when parts of our military were not too healthy. It doesn't mean that I would do without them.

To all who have served our Republic, thank you. YOU are what makes US strong!

[Ronin13]

The Coast Guard is part of DHS. Is the Coast Guard bad? Does anyone like the Secret Service? They are part of DHS.

I'm just trying to find out if there is anyone here who likes any federal government agency.

DHS has a few good agencies- CG, SS (not just because of protection but their original reason for creation, to keep funny money out of circulation)... I also think with a few more restrictions and limits the FBI can be good, CIA, and again more restrictions the NSA is very useful. Here's my short list of what I think are pretty decent agencies:
USGS, USFS, US Geo-spacial Intelligence Agency, DOD, DIA, NOAA, FWS, NPS and that's about all I can think of right now...
Here's what need to go, preferably now:
MPAA, and RIAA(not gov but still needs to go away), FCC, TSA, NDIC, DEA, MBDA, and a few more but these top the list. And with the money and people let go by the now defunct DEA I'd say put that money into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

[cstone]

DHS has a few good agencies- CG, SS (not just because of protection but their original reason for creation, to keep funny money out of circulation)... I also think with a few more restrictions and limits the FBI can be good, CIA, and again more restrictions the NSA is very useful. Here's my short list of what I think are pretty decent agencies:
USGS, USFS, US Geo-spacial Intelligence Agency, DOD, DIA, NOAA, FWS, NPS and that's about all I can think of right now...
Here's what need to go, preferably now:
MPAA, and RIAA(not gov but still needs to go away), FCC, TSA, NDIC, DEA, MBDA, and a few more but these top the list. And with the money and people let go by the now defunct DEA I'd say put that money into the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Thanks for sharing your list. It is nice for some of us to know that not every federal employee is useless and that the entire federal government isn't a wasteland full of corruption (only parts of it ).

For anyone else considering what if any government agencies are useful, I would caution that what you consider to be valuable says as much about you and what you value as it does the agencies you choose.

Every agency (federal, state, and local) exists because someone thought the agency would be valuable and necessary. Every law exists because someone, somewhere did something stupid and harmful to someone.