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I actually have a solution that costs exactly $0.01, per employee. It also works on any platform.

If you're alluding to a penny, I think you'll find that they cost more that $0.01. Probably a far better example wasteful government procurement than this app.

" Probably a far better example wasteful government procurement than this app."

Not really. If you were flipping the penny to get heads or tails and lost it, you could easily replace that penny with a coin, a washer, a stick from outside, a book...hundreds of things already around your home or office, many with no use or value. You can't look around you and find a replacement for the penny as a currency.

I just took a look around myself. I found a credit card.

That's not a replacement everyone can find.

Right, considering that pennies actually take about $0.02 to make.

Very big change in cost, considering the actual price of the TSA app.

What if that platform happens to be a steel grate and you drop the solution?

Hi, I work for the TSA, would you like to do QA for us?

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