http://www.slate.com/id/2303169
How to justify the current honeland security spending
How to justify the current honeland security spending
Putting this all together, we find that, in order for the $75 billion in enhanced expenditures on homeland security to be deemed cost-effective under our approach—which substantially biases the consideration toward finding them effective—they would have to deter, prevent, foil, or protect each year against 1,667 otherwise successful attacks of something like the one attempted in Times Square in 2010. In other words, we'd have to foil more than four major attacks every day to justify the spending.
http://www.slate.com/id/2303169
http://www.slate.com/id/2303169
Re: How to justify the current honeland security spending
I just can't get over the cloying little feeling that "Homeland Security" sounds a little Third Reichy to me. Know what I mean?
"If you don't think to good, don't think too much." Yogi
Re: How to justify the current honeland security spending
Yes, I have that splinter in the back of my minds also.
Re: How to justify the current honeland security spending
Another little ditty wafts through my mind from time time... 'In the final times the living will envy the dead.'. I'm not sure if that was St John or Arthur Afterburn who said it but I do know they used to drink a lot of whiskey together.
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"If you don't think to good, don't think too much." Yogi
Re: How to justify the current honeland security spending
That must be one of misery's famous quotes. Working in any century.
Re: How to justify the current honeland security spending
Well, when "they" do "it" it's no good, when we do "it" it's understandable.lkwalker wrote:I just can't get over the cloying little feeling that "Homeland Security" sounds a little Third Reichy to me. Know what I mean?
Re: How to justify the current honeland security spending
Hey. If I wanted any shit outa you this morning I woulda squeezed your head.
"If you don't think to good, don't think too much." Yogi
Re: How to justify the current honeland security spending
Is that why the whole office has been grabbing my head?lkwalker wrote:Hey. If I wanted any shit outa you this morning I woulda squeezed your head.