TSA to lay off airport screeners

While insisting that we can afford the tax cuts Bush wants to give (which will primarily benefit the rich), the Transportaion Security Administration has announced that it has to lay off 6,000 airport screeners.

So, while the Bush administration brags about it's "successful" War on Terror™, states are struggling to make ends meet, and, due at least in part to of the costs necessitated by the federal government's "terror alert" code, are having to look at cutting back on basic services such as educational funding and even some safety services; and now the TSA is having to cut back on the number of security screeners it employs. In the meantime, the government is cutting back on our civil liberties (and complaining that other countries - such as Canada - "care too much" about the civil liberties for their own citizens) - claiming the loss of these rights is necessary for our own "security".

I would think that if the government is as concerned about security as it likes to say it is, Bush and the Republicans would be more willing to reduce the tax cuts they're proposing, and put that money towards ensuring that the states have the money they need to increase security when the government declares an "orange" or higher alert, and that we can have an adequate number of airport screeners (and other security personnel) on the job.