Fire the TSA and let the airlines handle all the security issues. They'd do a better job, for a lot less money, and they'd stop treating Americans like potential terrorists while ignoring the realities of who the enemy really is.
Who has the biggest vested interest in assuring that none of their planes go down? The airline industry. Anti-capitalists argue that profit is an evil motive that leads to taking shortcuts with safety which endangers the lives of passengers, blah blah blah. I argue that a plane going down because they let a terrorist on board would be devastating to the bottom line, probably wipe the company out and put the execs responsible in jail!
I guarantee, that unless the government sticks its nose in and outright prohibits profiling, the airlines will do exactly that and the 99% of us who look like Americans [as opposed to middle-Eastern, acting suspiciously] will cheer as we keep our shoes on, go back to normal sized toiletries and can take our unopened cans of normal priced soda and bottles of water with us instead of having to "surrender" them at security (look sometimes at the contents of the "contraband" tables. It's laughable and anyone who thinks stealing this stuff from people is going to keep us safer is insane.)
The airlines will do what works, making the most efficient use of their resources, because that is Basic Economics 101. A corporation exists to make a profit for its shareholders
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