Costs of Homeland Security
What will be an ideal response.
Answer:
• US has a deficit approximately 11 trillion dollars
• DHS expenditures accounted for less than 1% of gross domestic product
• Border security and immigration has the second highest funding priority
• Europeans have added more resources to HS as well
• Harvey 2007 suggests that increasing expenses will increase people’s expectations of safety
• One significant indirect cost is the increase in government spending outside the rubric of DHS
• When it comes to indirect costs, security costs at airports have increased
• Restrictions on international travel effect business people from travel
• Government is closely screening imports for WMDs
• These delays increase transportation costs
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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