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Far be it from me to defend the TSA (its behavior and policies are outrageous), but your comment is simply wrong. Before September 11th, private companies handl
by gcv 16y ago
Far be it from me to defend the TSA (its behavior and policies are outrageous), but your comment is simply wrong. Before September 11th, private companies handled airport security. After September 11th, airlines and airports were heavily criticized for relying on inadequately trained, low-paid employees for something as essential as security. Everyone in the world agreed that a federal agency must step in to do a better job, and the TSA is the result.
- graywh 16y agoAnd now we criticize the TSA for using "inadequately trained, low-paid employees for something as essential as security."
- redrobot5050 16y ago>After September 11th, airlines and airports were heavily criticized for relying on inadequately trained, low-paid employees for something as essential as security Pro-tip: The same poorly trained, low-paid employees are now federal TSA goons. >Everyone in the world agreed that a federal agency must step in to do a better job, and the TSA is the result. Clearly, everyone in the world was overreacting to 9/11, and made poor, rash decisions. I'm sure many libertarians felt that despite 9/11, they would feel much safer having airport security handled by airlines, and not a bureaucratic organization that has yet to catch any terrorists in the act, or foil any terrorist plots.