Big Long Now
06-06-2004, 06:13
Shortly after the September 11th attack in the United States of America almost four years ago, the United Federation of Big Long Now established the Terrorism Prevention Agency, something much similar to the Department of Homeland Security. Ever since it's establishment there has been a fiery battle over the significance and possible backlashes that the TPA could bring.
"The Terrorism Prevention Agency has in no way done anything to lower the chances of our nation being attacked, the only major thing that agency has done is greatly increase our citizens paranoia. This is a true waste of taxpayers money," said Dr. Phillip Dawson, PhD last week at a congressional hearing about the future of the TPA.
"I believe that this agency has brought forth better security throughout this land, it has made citizens more aware of the existance of terrorism and will help them be prepared if a terrorist attack does occur. However, the Terrorism Prevention Agency is still in it's infancy and is not perfect, nor will it ever be, but if this agency goes down I can assure you that awareness will go down and we will be at a greater risk of being attacked," stated Thomas McKenzie, head of directors for the TPA.
After five days of deliberations, the congress resumed and brought forth it's verdict: "It has been a long and heated debate these past five days, but we believe that this agency has not made our nation any safer than it was before it was founded. Therefore, we've decided that the Terrorism Prevention Agency shall be removed from federal funding and destroyed in the next five years."
The ruling also says that while the TPA shall remain on the government's payroll, it's $2.9b income it recieves annually shall be cut to $1.2b. The TPA shall not use these funds to promote terrorism awareness or research new ways of prevention from attack, instead the funds will be used to train police officers around the nation on how to respond properly to the event of an attack.
"The Terrorism Prevention Agency has in no way done anything to lower the chances of our nation being attacked, the only major thing that agency has done is greatly increase our citizens paranoia. This is a true waste of taxpayers money," said Dr. Phillip Dawson, PhD last week at a congressional hearing about the future of the TPA.
"I believe that this agency has brought forth better security throughout this land, it has made citizens more aware of the existance of terrorism and will help them be prepared if a terrorist attack does occur. However, the Terrorism Prevention Agency is still in it's infancy and is not perfect, nor will it ever be, but if this agency goes down I can assure you that awareness will go down and we will be at a greater risk of being attacked," stated Thomas McKenzie, head of directors for the TPA.
After five days of deliberations, the congress resumed and brought forth it's verdict: "It has been a long and heated debate these past five days, but we believe that this agency has not made our nation any safer than it was before it was founded. Therefore, we've decided that the Terrorism Prevention Agency shall be removed from federal funding and destroyed in the next five years."
The ruling also says that while the TPA shall remain on the government's payroll, it's $2.9b income it recieves annually shall be cut to $1.2b. The TPA shall not use these funds to promote terrorism awareness or research new ways of prevention from attack, instead the funds will be used to train police officers around the nation on how to respond properly to the event of an attack.