DHS Spent Taxpayer Money on Sno-Cone Machines

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DHS Money Spent Taxpayer Money on Sno-Cone Machines
On December 7, 2012, in Today's News, by Duane Lester

I just spent time visiting with our friends at the Transportation Security Administration. Not one of the many agents who searched me and my property offered me a Sno-Cone.

What a rip-off:

DHS has spent almost $7.144 billion in UASI grants this past decade, but there is no hard evidence grant recipient cities are any safer. The program used to include 64 cities, but this was cut down to 31 in 2012. The money is specifically meant for terrorist protection.

Officials in Michigan used money to pay for 13 sno-cone machines. Columbus, Ohio used $98,000 on an underwater robot. Keene, New Hampshire, population 23,000, bought a BearCat armored vehicle despite only having one reported homicide in the last two years. Officials told DHS it was needed for events like its annual pumpkin festival. Tulsa, Oklahoma used funds for a county jail and purchased a color printer.

If I got a sugar free cherry Sno-Cone after getting a once over by a lonely TSA agent, I might feel like we both got something out of the deal.

Instead, I just get checked for a hernia.
Tagged with department of homeland security, government waste.

www.libertynews.com/2012/12/dhs-money-spent-taxpayer-money-on-sno-cone-machines/