Many (all?) airports are owned and "operated" by state or municipal governments. I like the idea of using federalism to kick the TSA out of these airports. Here's a petition along those lines that you can sign. (I'd like it to me more bold, but it's a start.)
H/T to Brian R.
Many (all?) airports are owned and "operated" by state or municipal governments. I like the idea of using federalism to kick the TSA out of these airports.
ReplyDeleteNo, the best solution is to completely privatize airports - all of them. Once the customers of these privatized airports (i.e., the individual airlines) start suffering precipitous customer losses due to the TSA, the airport owners, under pressure from the airlines, will waste no time kicking said agency out of their airports and restoring some measure of dignity and sanity to the passenger security screening process. Incidentally, the decision whether or not to screen passengers at all would either be left up to the individual airlines that use the privatized airports, or by the ownership of the airports themselves, and in response to their customers' (i.e., the paying passengers') preferences.
@liberranter - I don't disagree.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I see nothing wrong with fighting one battle at a time. First abolish the TSA by making them anemic. Then work on the rest!