Tucker's a genius. It's not just his ability to grasp the implications of true freedom, but his ability to relay his insights in a way that's accessible to everyone. Mises showed his intellect well with the same ideas, but wrote at such a high level that it's hard to grasp sometimes. Rothbard brought that down to the layman. But Tucker brings it to the breakfast table.

Great point and great short post - thanks for the clarity!

BTW, I think that Jeffrey Tucker is an amazing author and clear thinker. 😄😇😄
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Luke, I've just read the Tucker article... And now I've Re-Steemed your post, simply because *EVERYONE* who reads that should be able to see the stark contrast and improvement between "government mandated" and "privately implemented" services...

Thanks again for bringing this forward! :)

there is no reason why security shouldn't be more streamlined.. people already have their tickets booked, TSA should know how many folks are going to come through the airports.. yet they continually understaff and perform inefficiently, causing problems for both customers and airlines. Happy to see some(any) solutions! those lineups sure get out of hand lol

Your post is a perfect, concise opinion-snapshot of why things are better accomplished without coercion and the always resulting waste that accompanies it.

No other sentence makes my fur ruffle more than the ol' "Think of the children!" plea!

Some quotes 

>They persuaded the TSA to let them pay for a new system. They shelled out $4 million for new staff and $1 million for a new system for screening and scanning. Again, Delta paid for everything! 

>The results: pure magic! I’ve now been through the new system five times and each time it has been smooth and quick. Delta speculated that they new system would improve efficiency by 20-30%. My experience suggests that it is closer to 90%. 

>Everything about the history of humanity suggests that something fully controlled by government is going to go wrong, but in a moment of panic, Congress decided to forget all lessons of history and do something spectacularly stupid. 

>Is this a kind of surreptitious privatization? In a word, yes. It is happening without legislation and without big headlines. But it is vastly improving the lives of millions.

It's not actually that big of a deal, 5 lines compared to one and a automated roller compared to one where you have to push yourself through. It's interesting to me THAT costs 4million+++ in one place :D pure genius :|
But yes the TSA hadn't done that for 10 years or so the hadn't even moved :D

Trying to make some understand that the one who ultimately pays is the consumer is daunting. Then try to explain that most services paid by the private sector as opposed to the government has less impact on our wallet is exasperating. 

We all pay in the end. The question is "How much?"

The government has no reason to problem solve or innovate. Companies have an incentive to innovate and find the best solution that is cost effective. 

I haven't had to fly in a couple of years but I used to count myself lucky that Nashville and Tampa airport security was relatively quick and painless.

Interesting post!

Well I was the slowest on the line, just to irritate the already grumpy guy who started to bark at me, I just did like I noticed nothing.

it's nice that it goes faster with private companies but aren't the prisons in the states private as well? I'm undecided if this is really such a positive thing.

I sometimes think that the guys and girls working there would do  their job no matter what was at the end of the line, an airplane, or the gas chambers.

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