Originally Posted by
oneofthosepeopleyouloveto hate
Well, how many times are we going to reinvent the wheel? And how many times should the taxpayers have to pay for this reinvention?
We already did it once, after 9-11 ... although in truth, many people who already were working as airline screeners simply received a new uniform and a hefty raise in pay!
The wheel didn't need to be reinvented, but that's exactly what happened after 9/11. The wheel needed to be rebalanced and maybe some slow leaks fixed, but that was about it.
It's going to be expensive either way. We can continue the current expensive farce and get little to nothing. Or we can pony up and fix things right (what should have been done the first time) and enjoy the cost savings after things are fixed right.
As a taxpayer and traveler, I'd rather have option 2 than keep up with the current farce.