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		rayiner on Sept 27, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After New York Attack, Congress Wants TSA to Secur... It's not really a "patronage" job. Nobody gets their TSA gig because they know a member of Congress.

tsomctl on Sept 27, 2016 | [–]

It's the opposite way around. People that have cushy government jobs support members of Congress that maintain those jobs.

Spooky23 on Sept 27, 2016 | [–]

Maybe not the screener people, but the Assistant Deputy Director of Management Services did.

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