Absolutely, I agree that taking a many-to-many relationship and reducing it to one-to-many would be simplifying it. However, I wouldn't say the US government ac

Absolutely, I agree that taking a many-to-many relationship and reducing it to one-to-many would be simplifying it. However, I wouldn't say the US government acts or thinks like a computer programmer and we would see much more bureaucracy if the government were to take on a bigger majority. TSA for example is the one and only providing airport "security" and their bureaucracy and size is mind boggling.