The comments in this thread are really eye opening. I like the YC forums because they're very entrepreneurial and not full of a bunch of whiners. The fact tha

The comments in this thread are really eye opening. I like the YC forums because they're very entrepreneurial and not full of a bunch of whiners. The fact that there are so many negative complaints regarding US border security is more than noteworthy. The TSA and Immigration are just so way out of control. Overall, I think that this is the result of a lack of consistent and sane policies regarding immigration and border control. On the one hand, we do relatively little to stop illegal immigration on some of our borders for political reasons. Then on the other hand, we flail madly in the authoritarian direction by having this massive and unchecked TSA bureaucracy. We really have no idea what we're doing on a national level. As ineffective and counterproductive as border security and immigration is here, I can bet even without looking at the numbers that it isn't cheap.