Originally Posted by Snoopy
I was looking at the bigger picture, not just the security issue. My view was that if air travel is a RIGHT, why on earth would one entrust it to airlines? They have a track record of being notoriously incompetent. Not forgetting the smiley....
Here in the United States, we have right to free speech, per the First Amendment. Hope it is not a surprise, but this right is not dependent on the government publishing all newspapers, magazines, news outlets, etc. Private companies engage in this business, free from government interference.
Government is not exactly a competent institution. Look at the efficiency of the United States Postal Service, how quickly road projects are completed, the performance of all levels of government in the Hurricane Katrina fiasco. Government is not the answer to delivering rights and services, it is an impediment to delivering rights and services.. That concept is why James Madison was so brilliant in writing the United States Constitution. What we had for about 150 years was a limited government that for the most part stayed out of the way of people conducting business. We would be better off if we realized that a smaller government would allow more freedom.