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Laid off electricians, carpenters, truck drivers, etc. get unemployment benefits.
Also, they often earn a higher wage when they are working and save up for the down times.
Plus, once they are laid off, they are no longer required to come in and work. They are free to pursue other employment opportunities.
So, quite a bit different actually.
I am curious how the TSA screeners are legally obligated to come into work despite not being paid. Is it written into their contract? If it is, why would they agree to such terms? Their pay isn't great anyway. And how is it legal to obligate people to work without pay? Isn't that technically slavery? I thought slavery was abolished many moons ago. Or is it a working on credit thing and it's OK because the government says it is?
The 9/11 terrorists were middle class students. A highly unusual bunch. Usually it's the poor and semi-literate that can believe in the fairytales enough to strap bombs to themselves and suicide "for Allah."
For those who can't get a visa for USA would be forced to cross the desert. Hasn't happened yet, in theory it's possible but I wouldn't worry about it.
Last I checked, Mexico and Central America do not share a border with the Middle East or Northern Africa. How would a poor, semi- literate person get to Mexico, let alone from Mexico to the US?
It certainly would be easier to get a tourist visa and fly to the US, no?
Last I checked, Mexico and Central America do not share a border with the Middle East or Northern Africa. How would a poor, semi- literate person get to Mexico, let alone from Mexico to the US?
It certainly would be easier to get a tourist visa and fly to the US, no?
Only if the US Consulate issued the visa. More often than not, the visa is denied.
Last I checked, Mexico and Central America do not share a border with the Middle East or Northern Africa. How would a poor, semi- literate person get to Mexico, let alone from Mexico to the US?
It certainly would be easier to get a tourist visa and fly to the US, no?
Not at all, take Yemenis as an example. Do you honestly think it would be easier for a Yemeni to get a tourist visa to the USA versus Mexico?
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More #FakeNews from @CNN. Security operations at airports have not been impacted by a non-existent sick out. CNN has the cell numbers of multiple @TSA public affairs professionals, but rather than validate statistics, they grossly misrepresented them.
The union representing TSA was the source. CNN reported hundreds of call ins out of a workforce of 55,000.
Some airports are being impacted more so than others.
I'm a liberal and I can't stand the TSA. I hope all of the employees decide to call in and never come back to work. Every time I go through security, I am gracious and cooperative and I get searched from stem to stern anyway. My bags get searched, my checked luggage gets searched, and I get searched. Ted Stevens International in Anchorage, Alaska is especially bad about it. It's ridiculous how invasive our security procedures are.
TSA rank and file are responsible for executing procedures developed in DC in conjunction with private sector security firms.
TSA also includes Federal Air Marshalls. 33 were on duty on 9/11. Since then the number has expanded to an estimated 4-5000. Exact numbers are not published for security reasons.
That's what the Democrats are hoping for, as much pain to as many people as possible. All so they can keep the border wide open for MS-13, human trafficking, and child sex crimes.
You must be very proud of your party.
Negative. Your party is the one that pulls this kind of juvinile crap that says I'm going to shut everything down if I don't get my way. You did it with the debt ceiling vote and other spending bills.
Giving in to this tactic would send a terrible message and enable it for future crybabys.
Don't have the votes to pass what you want? Tough ****, that doesn't mean you get to blow up the whole thing.
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