Politician's Purgatory

With the 911 Commisssion report out there
is not one word about the role of the government's meddling in the
airline business and what this did to compromise airline security. What
if the airline industry were responsible for their security in the same
manner a casino is? What if the airlines were free to decide how much
securtiy they could provide for their passengers? What if the airlines
decided that pilots needed to have access to weapons to deter smuggled box
cutters? What if there was an airline that was not shackled by the
regulations that made their security compromised?

These are issues that are not mentioned because the government has
semi-nationalized the airlines and is more concerned with pointing fingers
at political opponents than asking such important questions as whether
government is competent to know what is in the best interest of the
business. This is a perfect example of how the government operates when it
fails to perform. Investigate the past , blame someone and propose more
government power ( the new intelligence Czar ) to fix what the airlines
could have prevented if it had been their sole responsibility to provide
security for their service.

This mixture of government with business cannot protect us anymore
than the government can provide a foolproof retirement system. The free
individuals who are left free to create and produce do not need government
interference which evolves inevitably into fascism. We need unfettered
Capitalism to win the war on terrorism. This means the government is
necessary for the protection of individual rights but is not necessary to
muddle around in the business world with inane regulations, choking taxes
and inept reviews of what went wrong. Is this approach a
recommendation of the Commission? Not on your life and that is exactly
what is at stake.