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Reminds me of the TSA not revealing how many terrorists it has ever caught due to "national security concerns" [1]. Yet they proudly blog about how many guns,
by 0xfeba 10y ago
Reminds me of the TSA not revealing how many terrorists it has ever caught due to "national security concerns" [1].
Yet they proudly blog about how many guns, knives and other prohibited items they screen out--but this is not statistically different than the private contractors pre-TSA.
What we do know is that when tested by Homeland Security, they failed miserably [2]. I wonder if we have data from pre-TSA to compare it with?
[1] - http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/11/does_the_tsa_ever_catch_terrorists.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...
[2] - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/06/tsa_not_detecti.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/06/tsa_not_detec...
- r00fus 10y agoThe TSA are not failing at doing the one thing they were designed to do: spend taxpayer money on private companies whose investors and executives are politically tied to the politicians who legislate their funding. Crony capitalism will rot the insides of this country until it's hollow.
- yuhong 10y agoMy favorite is Medicare and drug prices. Notice both cases are funded by budget deficits that increase the money supply.
- fritzw 10y ago> both cases are funded by budget deficits that increase the money supply The potential for your example was high, but your explanation fell flat. There is a connection between Medicare and pharma, but it's not that they both 'increase money supply'. Big pharma lobbied government when writing drug pricing laws for mediacare. So retail drug prices are standard and non-negotiable. The result is the largest drug purchaser in the world must pay full price and can't get a lower price for bulk.
- yuhong 10y agoThe point is how the government pays for Medicare drugs.