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Old Aug 7, 2012, 12:02 pm
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mikeef
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Originally Posted by Dovster
Let's face facts, even unhappy facts -- the TSA is not about to go away...

2. Any politician, be it the president or a member of Congress, who approved the dismantling of the TSA would be putting himself in an extremely precarious position. Today, if there is an attack which involves a terrorist aboard an airplane, the government can say, "We tried everything possible to prevent this." If the TSA is dismantled and there is such an attack, the voters would turn on the politicians who shut it down. It is a very rare politician who will put himself in that position.
Even if the other factors (security theater, unions) did not exist, this one alone would ensure that the TSA hangs around or gets worse. Only a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of people would vote against a politician because they made the TSA more powerful. But if that politician voted against the TSA and there was an attack, related or not, that person would be packing up their office the next day.

I don't get the impression that Dovster was saying "don't call your congresscritter," or, "the TSA is good," but rather, we're stuck with it, like it or not.

Mike
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