TSA - Who Benefits?

There's been a lot of backlash against TSA airport screening recently. The mainstream media is heavily pushing a pro-TSA propaganda campaign. On the Internet, a lot of people are starting to get offended.

There's one aspect of the story not commonly debated. It's the usual "Who benefits?"

The TSA screening is corporate welfare for the insiders who manufacture the backscatter scanner machines.

Also, the TSA workers are unionized government employees. That's corporate welfare for the union bureaucrats. That's corporate welfare for the people appointed to supervise the screeners. With an airport in every state, that's a lot of pork to spread around.

There's one huge perk for the TSA, in addition to restricting traveler's freedom. It's one huge corporate welfare and pork project.