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So it looks like what we're building here is the beginnings of a travel tax. If the "service" they're providing isn't necessary - and indeed, PreCheck is really
by CWuestefeld 10y ago
So it looks like what we're building here is the beginnings of a travel tax. If the "service" they're providing isn't necessary - and indeed, PreCheck is really just a protection racket, where you pay them to avoid the shakedown - then what else can we call it?
And by going along with it, we're really just buttressing the whole TSA program. When there's revenue being generated they'll never let it go. (yes, I know that the net is overwhelmingly negative, but when that's just looked at as a jobs program for barely-skilled workers, it's easy to write that off and focus on the income)
- ProAm 10y ago> So it looks like what we're building here is the beginnings of a travel tax We already have a travel tax, every airline ticket you buy you pay 5.60 per one-way flight directly to the TSA. It was never about security, the TSA is a government funded employment program.
- mtgx 10y agoIt was already a protection racket, just used against your taxpayer money. Now it will also tax travelers. "Win-win" for the racketeers.
- leesalminen 10y agoAnd now you get to hand over biometrics to them for the privilege. It's a win-win-win!
- feld 10y agoFingerprints for PreCheck, but if you sign up for Clear they also get your retina scan. Clear isn't gov't, but in sure they share data. Not sure what is required for Global Entry
- CaptSpify 10y agoI personally don't buy into pre-check because I know how artificial scarcity works. It's not about being safer, it's about inconveniencing those that don't want to wait in the "slow line" enough to make them pay for it.