Time to Abolish the Transportation Security Administration

Just in time for the Holiday travel time, the TSA’s searches have become ever more intrusive and absurd, not to mention expensive with the newest scanners costing between $130,000-$170,000 per unit. . As a government bureaucracy, however, we have very few options for opting out of their system or going elsewhere for the “service” of airline security. There is also, realistically, zero competition with TSA.

The problem has created situations like this one where it would seem like a young woman was targeted for her looks. Byron York argues, justifiably, that more airports should opt out of using TSA to provide security. That’s nice, but I prefer the idea of abolishing the TSA entirely as this guy writes at Forbes.

Just in time for the Holiday travel time, the TSA’s searches have become ever more intrusive and absurd, not to mention expensive with the newest scanners costing between $130,000-$170,000 per unit. . As a government bureaucracy, however, we have very few options for opting out of their system or going elsewhere for the “service” of airline security. There is also, realistically, zero competition with TSA.

The problem has created situations like this one where it would seem like a young woman was targeted for her looks. Byron York argues, justifiably, that more airports should opt out of using TSA to provide security. That’s nice, but I prefer the idea of abolishing the TSA entirely as this guy writes at Forbes.

I for one plan to opt out of the scanner when I travel out of Albuquerque this Friday.