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ccoady t1_iy93vdp wrote

Reply to comment by Turtley13 in Who decided on the fine by fireintheskyy

A true failure of the TSA would be a bomb getting through and another plane crashing into a building. You're assuming the failure rate based on independent criteria (without looking at the BIG picture) yet we haven't had a terrorist attack via airplane since 2001, so to the bean counters and terrorist task forces, that's a win, not a failure.

Sure the rules for what you can bring on are silly, but there's a reason behind most of them.

Failure rate for small stuff = High

Failure rate for BIG stuff (bombing/hijacking) = ZERO

Is it a zero because the TSA is a deterrent? maybe, but you can't call it a failure if its main reason for being established has worked (hijacking, suicide bombing, etc)

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PaxNova t1_iy9214c wrote

Are they looking to write off government debt? Like, all those savings bonds we bought never get paid back? Do they realize government debt is largely to its own citizens?

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