Domestic Surveillance Pros And Cons

Domestic Surveillance does have its opponents though. Those against it argue how costly the program is, with it costing on average $574 per United States taxpayer every year, which far exceeds the government's estimates of it costing only $35 billion dollars. “After good estimates about 14% of the country's total intelligence budget -- or about $10 billion -- goes to the NSA” (What the NSA costs taxpayers). Not only does it prove cost ineffective, but the government does not show the public the results of Domestic Surveillance, giving only vague numbers as to how they stop terrorist and domestic threats. Those against Domestic Surveillance bring up the point that it infringes on our constitutional right of privacy, saying that the government sifting through vast amounts of metadata is breaking the amendment, making Domestic Surveillance unconstitutional. This is the main argument that people use against Domestic Surveillance, believing that this infringement upon their privacy is more important than stopping

Our country has suffered through terrorism and fraudulent attempts/acts due to not having a strict system of surveillance. Unfortunately, terrorism and fraud are definitely issues that will never go away, but could be oppressed with the right precautions and procedures. A nation needs to collect, process, and store citizen data to ensure the safety of its citizens for the betterment of the nation. By not storing citizen data, it miserably puts the country in a vulnerable position. It is not possible to store citizen data without keeping an eye on the citizens. With the information found and retrieved by the NSA’s Domestic Surveillance program, other Bureaus will be able find and fix different problems and situations in our country. Not to mention, there will be job openings available for people of unemployment. All together, Domestic Surveillance makes our entire country