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Re:The TSA is a waste of money that doesn't save lives and m... by s_m_t on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:52PM (#11723335)
Paying for some F-16s on standby at certain points around the country seems reasonable to me. I mean, the TSA costs us ~7 billion a year anyways.
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Re:The TSA is a waste of money that doesn't save lives and m... by mikeash on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @01:02PM (#11723445)
I agree, but if some people are going to cause a disproportionate need for them, then those people should pay for it more than the rest.

Really, though, that was more of a glib remark. The more salient point IMO is the fact that the military is far from guaranteed to succeed in bringing down a hijacked airliner before it hits its target, or without killing other people on the ground.

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