Remember to consider the incentives of the 535 individuals who vote on funding the TSA year after year. It doesn't matter if it provides any security. It keep

Remember to consider the incentives of the 535 individuals who vote on funding the TSA year after year. It doesn't matter if it provides any security. It keeps us sheeple under the illusion of safety, we keep buying plane tickets and a whole economy springs up surrounding the airport (not to mention the firms supplying the TSA with equipment). That's good for a ton of voter approval. Even better, if you don't vote for the TSA your opponent can call you out: 'Senator so-and-so wants our innocent children to die in a fire at the hands of scary men with beards!' Yes. I'm jaded. I know.