Remember when we gave the government all sorts of power to fix the environment, build infrastructure, feed the poor, etc. and then they actually used their powe

Remember when we gave the government all sorts of power to fix the environment, build infrastructure, feed the poor, etc. and then they actually used their power to fix those problems rather than just stomping on dissenters and calling it problem solved? I'm being only a little hyperbolic here. TSA can only do this crap because they have authority to do this crap and they only have that authority because congress lets them because people let them because people keep falling for the same old dumb lies.