Ugh, even just seeing that picture of an airport security checkpoint makes me angry. I cannot believe we are collectively so dumb as to require the waste so man

Ugh, even just seeing that picture of an airport security checkpoint makes me angry. I cannot believe we are collectively so dumb as to require the waste so many hours, so many billions of dollars, and so many lives on this ridiculous security theater. We pay morons in blue outfits to actively make our trips less convenient and our lives less safe. The cost is staggering. So many politicians claim they want to "repair our crumbling infrastructure", presumably so we can get where we're going faster and more safely, yet this option is constantly overlooked: abolish the TSA. Leave security up to the airlines and passengers. That one change would do far more to improve our transportation network than any bridge or road project, and it costs nothing - it would save money. And time, and lives. Forget trimming the leaves on this tree - we need to find some way to hack at the roots and the trunk.