[stevepaa]

I have had a hard time finding any good funding data for the TSA. But it does appear that much of the funding comes from General Funds-whatever that means.

But a couple of points to consider;
Most economy revenue passengers are individuals who have paid for their ticket from their own pocket from funds taxed by the US government.
Many first class passengers are business travelers traveling on economy tickets but have received an upgrade to first class because of mileage programs, and those first class passengers have not paid a single cent out of their own funds. The companies they work for pay for those airline tickets, a tax deductible expense, and the fares paid by companies are less than paid by the individual non-business revenue passenger.

So the non business traveler and the rest of the US taxpayers are really paying the bill for this privilege given to people who haven’t paid a single dime of their own money for the travel.