Up City Articles » borders http://www.up-city.com Sat, 27 Aug 2011 06:44:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Thompson: Not Enough Funding to Secure the Borders http://www.up-city.com/lionheart-group/thompson-not-enough-funding-to-secure-the-borders http://www.up-city.com/lionheart-group/thompson-not-enough-funding-to-secure-the-borders#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:03:09 +0000 http://www.up-city.com/uncategorized/thompson-not-enough-funding-to-secure-the-borders Appearing on MSNBC this morning, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said that there simply isn’t enough money available in the federal budget to buy more of the full-body imaging machines that could detect the types of plastic explosives smuggled in a pair of underwear onto Northwest Flight 253 last week. It’s a matter of money. You know, security is an issue, but as we struggle with this economy, there’s only so much money we can dedicate to this particular issue. There are a lot of other issues we’re dealing with. And what we have to do is have a well-planned, well-coordinated approach to the problem. Thompson’s comments come just a few weeks after Congress passed a $1.1 trillion bill for defense and homeland security in 2010 alone. Which begs the question: How much more than that do lawmakers need to spend before they get this thing right? See the original post: Thompson: Not Enough Funding to Secure the Borders

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