Federalizing airport security

elSicomoro · 10-22-2001, 06:35 PM

I say go for it. The airlines currently pay for it, and we see where it has gotten us. The workers are underpaid and probably not well-trained.

The only problems I really see with the Feds doing airport security are these:

--This would be another thing for the government to centrally control, which is a no-no in the Republican Book of Values. It's adds to the fed's locus of control.

--You either have to hire new people or bring the current people aboard as FEDERAL employees. Good for them b/c it would give them better pay and benefits. Bad b/c a) the government may not want to spend that money and b) the people currently working those jobs could lose them b/c the government does not see it fit to retrain them.

Notice how much money has been laid out in the past month and a half by the US government? Obviously, these were "unforeseeable" expenses, but I see deficits again in our future. Didn't the new government budget just start October 1?

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10-22-2001, 06:35 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I say go for it. The airlines currently pay for it, and we see where it has gotten us. The workers are underpaid and probably not well-trained. The only problems I really see with the Feds doing airport security are these: --This would be another thing for the government to centrally control, which is a no-no in the Republican Book of Values. It's adds to the fed's locus of control. --You either have to hire new people or bring the current people aboard as FEDERAL employees. Good for them b/c it would give them better pay and benefits. Bad b/c a) the government may not want to spend that money and b) the people currently working those jobs could lose them b/c the government does not see it fit to retrain them. Notice how much money has been laid out in the past month and a half by the US government? Obviously, these were "unforeseeable" expenses, but I see deficits again in our future. Didn't the new government budget just start October 1?

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