I concur. The overwhelming TSA stupid confounds the even the pervasive stupid of Florida and Ohio. It's like Creationists-- they dumb everywhere, to an extent that overwhelms geographic miasmas.
I figured since Florida and Texas are both southern states, and Texas at least put a small, weak leash on TSA bs, it'd be more likely to be Ohio. Oh well.
Sorry. Each person pays X amount of federal taxes, whatever state they're in. Then each state gets Y amount in federal spending and programs and stuff. One would think that for every $1 in federal taxes spend, your state would receive $1 in federal spending on whatever. Yet people in nominally lower-state-tax/more-freedom states receive Y>X amounts of federal spending to compensate for the fewer state services provided, and thus higher amounts of federal influence which they claim to loathe.
As an extreme example, one of the arguments against statehood for Puerto Rico is that they would have to pay federal taxes, which they do not pay right now. Yet if they became a state, they would start paying federal taxes AND receive the benefits of federal spending, which they do not get right now, and are instead currently paid for by local taxes. Their federal taxes would (theoretically) go up, their local taxes would (theoretically) go down, and their tax burden would (theoretically) stay the same.
Ah. Well, I was referring to a headline a while back which said something to the extent that Texas had passed a law allowing people to press charges against TSA agents for sexual assault, which, as the story implies, they are protected from in other states.
You mean the law that said TSA agents could only grope your privates if they explained in advance how they were going to do it and you said okay, or if they had a "reasonable suspicion" that it was necessary, otherwise they could be charged with a misdemeanor?
Either way I would not go with the theory that "one state's TSA agents need to say please or have an excuse before they grope you, so a TSA agent in a state a thousand miles[1] east probably knows that DC's in the States and/or will be reasonable about demanding documentation". --- [1] I am rounding off; Google Maps says Texas to Florida is 1350 miles, but I assume it picked a midpoint for each state. So.
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Date: 2014-07-16 06:51 pm (UTC)Shenanigans, say I.
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Date: 2014-07-16 08:32 pm (UTC)-- Steve hates this stupid security theatre.
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Date: 2014-07-17 12:10 am (UTC)As an extreme example, one of the arguments against statehood for Puerto Rico is that they would have to pay federal taxes, which they do not pay right now. Yet if they became a state, they would start paying federal taxes AND receive the benefits of federal spending, which they do not get right now, and are instead currently paid for by local taxes. Their federal taxes would (theoretically) go up, their local taxes would (theoretically) go down, and their tax burden would (theoretically) stay the same.
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Date: 2014-07-18 06:14 am (UTC)(I'm actually not sure that passed--it seems to have fallen off the news radar, and I am not familiar enough with state law to parse The measure died during the regular session of the legislature, which ended May 30, and Republican Governor Rick Perry added it to lawmakers' agenda for the special session... anyone want to look up what actually happened with that thing?)
Either way I would not go with the theory that "one state's TSA agents need to say please or have an excuse before they grope you, so a TSA agent in a state a thousand miles[1] east probably knows that DC's in the States and/or will be reasonable about demanding documentation".
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[1] I am rounding off; Google Maps says Texas to Florida is 1350 miles, but I assume it picked a midpoint for each state. So.