Budget Increases
- In 2011 the Homeland Security spending was more than double it was in 2001. Jumping 306 Billion dollars to 712 billion dollars.
- Homeland Security's discretionary budget jumped from $16.7 billion in 2002 to $43.5 billion in 2011. The Coast Guard, TSA and Border Patrol budgets have all doubled since 2001.
- Agencies were created, expanded and given new missions. The government hired thousands of new employees to analyze intelligence, track terror financing and support the nation's rapidly expanding national security apparatus.
- Lawmakers approved an emergency $40 billion to bolster national defenses and pursue international terrorists.
- Department of Homeland Security had 22 federal agencies that were consolidated under the control of one director, with the singular mission of stopping terrorist attacks only. This organization has spent almost 424 Billion dollars over the decade and employ 216,000 people.
- There was bounty on Bin Laden's head of $25,000,000
World Trade Center: Security and Budget
- The International Code Council released post-9/11 building code suggestions to make skyscrapers safer.
- The code was designed to withstand similar incidents or give occupants enough to escape.
- The people needed more time to escape instead of committing suicides by jumping out the windows of the Trade Center.
- The people knew that death was their destiny and some others would rather have a quick sudden death instead of suffering from combustion.
- Changes include more stairways for structures taller than about 42 stories, elevators that can be used during emergencies, higher fire-resistance and impact-resistant walls for elevator shafts and exit stairways.
The budget money the U.S used to create reforms and reinforce the security was all for the protection of U.S citizens. The government did everything in their right mind to make sure nothing so tragic as 9/11 can ever occur again.