> The way you're saying it sounds like you just want the country to be more dangerous It's hard to know what dangers they're actually alleviating. And on the

> The way you're saying it sounds like you just want the country to be more dangerous It's hard to know what dangers they're actually alleviating. And on the flip side, they create other dangers, like having things in your luggage stolen, causing you to miss the occasional flight, normalizing intrusive government begavior, and in general just adding unnecessary friction and indignity to travel (ok maybe that last one is a stretch to call a danger). Maybe you value these things less than the feeling of comfort that TSA may provide, but I think I'd count myself a part of gp's audience. Edit: not to mention the opportunity cost of all of that tax money. Though there is something to be said for providing jobs... but you can probably think of plenty of jobs programs with a better ROI.