Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug

suraj.sun quotes from Politico: "Rand Paul has a reform plan for the Transportation Security Administration: Scrap the whole thing. A personal message from Paul (R-Ky.) came atop emails this week from the Campaign for Liberty Vice President Matt Hawes, asking for readers to sign a petition in support of Paul's 'End the TSA' bill. A Paul spokeswoman said that legislation is being finalized next week. 'Every inch of our person has become fair game for government thugs posing as "security" as we travel around the country. Senator Rand Paul has a plan to do away with the TSA for good, but he needs our help,' reads the petition, which also asks signers to 'chip in a contribution to help C4L mobilize liberty activists across America to turn the heat up on Congress and end the TSA's abuse of our rights.' 'The American people shouldn't be subjected to harassment, groping, and other public humiliation simply to board an airplane. As you may have heard, I have some personal experience with this, and I've vowed to lead the charge to fight back,' Paul wrote at the top of a C4L fundraising pitch, according to blogs that received the email. 'Campaign for Liberty is leading the fight to pressure Congress to act now and restore our liberty. It's time to END the TSA and get the government's hands back to only stealing our wallets instead of groping toddlers and grandmothers.'"

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Re:Toddler Groping is Better than Rand Paul

[Xiver]

I can only imagine what freedoms you'll be wanting to relinquish once they start detonating bombs in the security line at the terminals.

Re:It's about damn time

[PopeRatzo]

The problem is that Rand Paul isn't suggesting that the groping stop. He's suggesting that it be *privatized*, with no government oversight or accountability at all (even less than there already is).

Shhh. You're going to spoil the circle jerk of libertarian FAIL if you mention that their idea of liberty is replacing government with an even bigger, more unpleasant tyrant, who really doesn't care whether you live or die as long as they get paid.

After the job privatization has done to the prison industry, only a real ideologue like Rand Paul could propose turning the TSA over to the "free market". And it's not even so much that you don't want private companies doing law enforcement, it's that you don't want for-profit companies doing law enforcement. After all, there's nothing that government does that private industry can't do worse, at higher cost.

Re:It's about damn time

[AF_Cheddar_Head]

In my world TEA party and normal people just does not belong in the same sentence. But thanks for the giggle

Re:It's about damn time

[PieceOfShitAndroid]

9/11 wouldn't happen today because Dick Cheney is no longer in the White House. 9/11 is impossible to pull off without help from the inside.

If you believe 19 guys and a camel pulled off 9/11 without help from the inside, please tell me how did Building 7 collapse?