ATF's Budget $152 billion

[Ichingcarpenter]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice.[3] Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevention of federal offenses involving the unlawful use, manufacture and possession of firearms and explosives; acts of arson and bombings; and illegal trafficking of alcohol and tobacco products. The ATF also regulates via licensing the sale, possession, and transportation of firearms, ammunition, and explosives in interstate commerce. Many of ATF's activities are carried out in conjunction with task forces made up of state and local law enforcement officers, such as Project Safe Neighborhoods. ATF operates a unique fire research laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, where full-scale mock-ups of criminal arson can be reconstructed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives


NASA budget $17.8 billion

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA


Houston ..... we have a problem. We need 9 times more money to catch those tobacco, moonshiners and of yeah firearms thingy than exploring space.

[bornskeptic]

1. It does not. Where did you get that number?

FRom your link:

"The agency is led by B. Todd Jones, Director,[4] and Thomas E. Brandon, Deputy Director. ATF has about 5,000 employees and an annual budget of $1.2 billion (2012)."

[Kolesar]

2. Ok. That's ATF over 150 years ... eom

[Katashi_itto]

3. This is totally incorrect and misleading.