Posted on 11/01/2001 1:29:30 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat
If congress saw fit to pass the bailout for the airline industry, why is it so hard for you to understand that the next order of business is shoring up airport security?
Have you flown lately? I've taken three roundtrip flights for business since 9/. The airport is a different world now, with airmed servicemen and women on visible patrol. Also, the federal government is running the air marshals program. Why not have the fedgov run the whole security operation and include the air marshals in that program?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a moreperfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility,provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.Since we are obviously in an era where nations will attack American citizens in the United States, it is the job of government to provide for our common defense against attack.
No where in the constitution, or in federal law or common law does says corporations are responsible for the defense of Americans from attack. You have gone from a liberal democrat to an anarchist. Are you sure you are not related to Jane Fonda or Rosie? Your reaction resembles their thinking.
But beyond the aguments in the lay, Republicans and Democrats try to do what the people want. On any issue in which over 70 percent of the population is in agreement, that issue will be supported by both parties. We are are representative Republic. Congress is elected to do the poeples will. Not your idea of principles,either. The Keyes and Buchanan principle pitch is straight out of the Hitler playbook. Not many of us will go there.
I'll take the question at face value. :) This isn't hard for me to understand. Quite the contrary, I support strong airport security. I don't believe, however, creating 22,000 more federal employees who cannot be FIRED or who can COMPETE for better performance (like private companies can) is the answer. Rather, the free enterprise capitalist system can create technologies and innovations to improve security. Federal oversight, to be sure, is needed. But federal employees? Pshaw.
El Al, the national airline of Israel, uses private firms for security. These private firms can be FIRED for underperformance and replaced. The result? When was the last time you heard of a hijacking of an El Al airliner? (answer: never)
There is NO suitable reason, save for the powers that be not wanting people to be armed.
Not likely to happen, I'm afraid.
Because Ron Paul is in the House.
Not likely to happen, I'm afraid.
I could really go for some of Michael Savage's sheeple sounds right now.
LOL!!! A splendid answer :)
Sad, isn't it?
News flash... the private enterprise system has failed in this regard. I wholly agree with the post above that airport security now falls in the realm of the government's responsibility.
No where in the constitution, or in federal law or common law does says corporations are responsible for the defense of Americans from attack. You have gone from a liberal democrat to an anarchist. Are you sure you are not related to Jane Fonda or Rosie? Your reaction resembles their thinking.
Ahem. Should you even take the time to review my posts at FR you will see I am not an anarchist or a Jane Fonda-esque lackey. Instead, you take a simple, honest question and turn it into an occasion to assume what you obviously don't know.
Common Tator, the federal government doesn't PRODUCE our weaponary, do they? The PRIVATE SECTOR does that. WHY? They can COMPETE for the best product. Is that unconstitutional? NO. On the contrary, it ENHANCES and UNDERSCORES the Constitution's intent. Creating a new federal bureacracy is idiocy. We need smaller government, and more freedom.
As much I philosphically would prefer to have private companies doing this, the senators may have figured it was better to get something in place now as long as the Attorney General has some authority over firing, etc. What we have now is the pits.
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