TSA doesn't save lives
2019-01-10 21:28:09.989395+01 by
Dan Lyke
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Vox: The TSA is a waste of money that doesn't save lives and might actually cost them:
The TSA doesn't save lives, but it probably ends them. One paper by economists Garrick Blalock, Vrinda Kadiyali, and Daniel Simon found that, controlling for other factors like weather and traffic, 9/11 provoked such a large decrease in air traffic and increase in driving that 327 more people died every month from road accidents. The effect dissipated over time, but the total death toll (up to 2,300) rivals that of the attacks themselves.
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#Comment Re: TSA doesn't save lives made: 2019-01-11 12:36:45.841256+01 by:
DaveP
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I don’t fly since the TSA took over, but it’s not just because of the TSA.
I’m also too tall for
the 31" seat basis every airline has standardized on, and I also like seeing “flyover
country” from the
ground. But flying is an intense pain in the ass, and the TSA is the hot peppers that make the
hemorrhoids extra tingly.
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