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		Samuel_Michon on March 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Former TSA screener says the job does little to ke... How do you figure? Blackwater employees earn up to $1,000 a day [1], whereas the screeners at TSA get $25,000 to $45,000 a year [2]. [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/weekinreview/23burns.html?... [2] http://mediamatters.org/research/2010/11/29/fox-panelists-ou...

mpyne on March 10, 2013 | [–]

It's a good indicator of how reviled TSA is though: Blackwater has changed their name how many times due to how reviled they are, and yet people still compare them favorably to the TSA!

protomyth on March 11, 2013 | [–]

Not as many needed and that is their in combat zone rate.

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