Because the TSA has many other purposes that are beneficial to politicians:
- Now, there is someone to blame when the next terrorist attack happens (i.e. one poor TSA agent failed to detect something)
- TSA is a jobs program.
- Politicians can say show that something is being done to prevent airline attacks. It doesn't matter if it's effective.
The crimes against humanity perpetrated upon us with our own tax dollars should really be prosecuted with all vigor.
The problem with this is that may of the victims of these crimes are too stupid (EDIT: under-educated / let down by the schooling system) to vote for the right person (or at all) during elections.
> The problem with this is that may of the victims of these crimes are too stupid (EDIT: under-educated / let down by the schooling system) to vote for the right person (or at all) during elections.
Even assuming there was a 'right person' to vote for, your individual vote only has an infinitesimal chance of affecting the outcome of the election, while the upfront investment in informing yourself about all kinds of topics and how they match the platforms of each candidate requires considerable effort. (And that ignores how candidates often then go and do something else once elected.)
They're not stupid. They're either too scared to stand up to government intruding on civil rights, or they've been misled with false promises (which is a consequence of the schooling system).
Because the TSA has many other purposes that are beneficial to politicians:
- Now, there is someone to blame when the next terrorist attack happens (i.e. one poor TSA agent failed to detect something)
- TSA is a jobs program.
- Politicians can say show that something is being done to prevent airline attacks. It doesn't matter if it's effective.
The crimes against humanity perpetrated upon us with our own tax dollars should really be prosecuted with all vigor.
The problem with this is that may of the victims of these crimes are too stupid (EDIT: under-educated / let down by the schooling system) to vote for the right person (or at all) during elections.