[tacticalogic]

We Americans get nothing, plus our state-of-the-art defense systems can't even stop the occasional ragtag terrorist cell armed with box cutters, except to make air travel even more miserable for us.

Well, I don't agree that we "get nothing" but I do agree about the state of the art-defenses not stopping the terrorists. What's really bizarre is that after the security checks and intel failed, the first thing the did was disarm the one thing that did work.

[Middle Man]

At the moment though employed I do not have health insurance for my family and me (can't afford it and at $500+-a-month premiums they cover next to nothing anyway). As a self-employed contractor, the only people I know who have affordable health care and peace of mind are either themselves government employees or have a spouse who works for government, either federal, state or local.