From David Henderson on the TSA:
… one should be skeptical of government running airline security when that same government still requires that flight attendants show you how to fasten a seat belt
I was reminded to blog this after a excellent current student of mine told me about a bus ride he took during the Thanksgiving break:
After I sat down on the Greyhound bus to go home, border control came on board and began asking everyone if they are US citizens. All that I could think to myself was, “what the hell is the point of this?” Who would say, “Yes, I am an illegal Venezuelan immigrant. Please take me away now.” … money … instead … could do something actually productive
I know this is not about airport security.
But do you know where a ton of Venezuelan emigrants have gone?
To the Canadian oilfields. The pay is a whole lot better than what one could get for working for Caesar Chavez.
They might work on our rigs, if we had rigs.