<![CDATA[Privatizing the TSA]]>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5820850-trump-budget-cuts-tsa/

Good idea or bad idea?
What do you folks think? 🤔

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@Axtremus said:

@LuFins-Dad said:

Name one thing that wouldn’t be better off privately run?

The U.S. government.
LMAO

The U.S. military.
Quite a few think the military IS privately run…

The IRS.
LMAO again. Plus, they would be largely irrelevant.

The (criminal) justice system.
LMAO again…

Election boards.
Okay…

Social Security.
You can’t honestly believe that.

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@LuFins-Dad said:

Name one thing that wouldn’t be better off privately run?

The U.S. government.
The U.S. military.
The IRS.
The (criminal) justice system.
Election boards.
Social Security.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360748https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360748Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Privatizing the TSA on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:05:10 GMT]]>Name one thing that wouldn’t be better off privately run?

One of the biggest problems with air travel in the US is because the airports aren’t privately run…

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360738https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360738Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:05:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Privatizing the TSA on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:08:44 GMT]]>They treat it as an intelligence function rather than a security function. Totally appropriate for them, but their approach doesn't scale. They have three commercial airports, we have 600.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360727https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360727Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:08:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Privatizing the TSA on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:40:50 GMT]]>We really should take a page from the Israeli playbook. Smarter, faster.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360725https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360725Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:40:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Privatizing the TSA on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:54:15 GMT]]>Lines were shorter back when it was private.

I’ve always thought we overdo airline security. 9/11 taught us that planes can be used as missiles. Solve that by making the cockpit impregnable.

While it’s true that someone with a weapon could kill a bunch of people on a plane even if they can’t use it as a missile, that’s also true of every mall and restaurant in the US. We don’t put metal detectors in front of those.

]]>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360722https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/360722Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:54:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Privatizing the TSA on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:43:35 GMT]]>Not really enough information there to make any serious judgement. It would be nice if we could get to the point where they were not necessary, but for now I think the deterrence is more important than the detection. I say that given that I got through security with a giant steak knife in my laptop bag undetected.

I can see AI having a role in making the process more efficient requiring less workers. I think that would happen more quickly in a privatized setting.

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