Can we all carry tasers on planes? That doesn't affect air pressure. A well armed populace and all that, right? I think the point some posters are trying to make is that the TSA is doing a crappy job for what they say they are hired for AND what we expect as the traveling public. Are we getting bang for the buck? Was the money spent on TSA better used to augment existing airport security instead of replacing it?
What are the polls saying about peoples experience? I'd say it's a huge bureaucratic failure on many fronts. Not that security isn't needed. But that the TSA itself is a failure. I'm sure the people that want to scrap the ACA would no replacement should have no problem junking a program without an alternative ;)