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Old 10-28-2004, 03:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Brother Can You Spare a Dime?

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Source: TQ3Navigant, October 25, 2004

Well, apparently air travelers can. According to the TSA, passengers hurrying through security checkpoints left exactly $321,329.48 in pocket change and currency at the nation’s 429 airports over a twelve month period October ’03 through the end of September. The money is collected by the individual airports and periodically deposited in the general fund of the U.S. Treasury Department. What about larger personal belongings that go unclaimed? Some are donated to charities, some are sold on a local basis, and some states, like California and Kentucky actually sell items on eBay.
General Fund..... shame that it doesn't go to something more specific... but still at least it's not something that the screeners get to keep for a Pizza Party or Beer fest....
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Old 10-28-2004, 04:05 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That money should be reinvested in Airport security. Not that it would amount to much, but still.
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Old 10-28-2004, 04:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Wow... that's a lot of spare change.

Why not use it to help fund No Child Left Behind?


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Old 10-28-2004, 04:12 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Wow... that's a lot of spare change.

Why not use it to help fund No Child Left Behind?


Joke!!


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I second the charity giving - otherwise this is just an indirect airport tax.
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Old 10-29-2004, 12:21 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Wow... that's a lot of spare change.

Why not use it to help fund No Child Left Behind?

Mr Mephisto

are we talking education here or McCauley Caulkin?
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Old 10-29-2004, 01:17 AM   #6 (permalink)
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the us treasury IS a charity
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Old 10-29-2004, 06:00 AM   #7 (permalink)
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$2 per day per airport. Not much really.
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Old 10-29-2004, 08:38 AM   #8 (permalink)
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That money should be reinvested in Airport security. Not that it would amount to much, but still.
That was precisely my first thought. It'll never go that way though...
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Old 10-30-2004, 08:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
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$2 per day per airport. Not much really.
Welll if that didnt just take the fun out it... :P
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Old 10-30-2004, 08:08 PM   #10 (permalink)
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But that's just the stuff that's turned in... How much more isn't...
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Old 10-30-2004, 08:42 PM   #11 (permalink)
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$2 per day per airport. Not much really.
Sure added up though didn't it?

I recall seeing something on the tube about where unclaimed baggage winds up. Something like a warehouse in Atlanta where you can go in and buy everything from dentures to fur coats.
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