The difference being that the TSA is the government, and the government collects that rent whether or not the TSA exist. It's not that rent collectors must con

The difference being that the TSA is the government, and the government collects that rent whether or not the TSA exist. It's not that rent collectors must continue to be able to collect rent, it's that "it'll put people out of a job", no matter whether those jobs ever made any sort of sense, and actively make people's lives worse. Jobs are near-religiously sacred to the US mindset.