Posted on May 31, 2016
What part(s) of the Federal Government could/could not be or should/should not be privatized?
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The "Randomizer" Or as I like to say the random randomizer lol
The Federal Government never came across a program it couldn't grow resulting in waste, fraud and abuse. Delta Airlines came up with ideas resulting in streamlined security screening process. Cost to the US taxpayer $0.00. The TSA spent 1.5 million dollars for a for app that randomly directs people to go people left or right at the screening area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_KmFJ2gGzw
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MSG (Join to see) Just about anything can be privatized, although I do not think that some should, such as the military and law enforcement.
What needs to happen to ensure privatization is effective in such things like airport screening, is that standards have to be established for hiring, training, conduct of operations and a system of verification has to be pout in place to ensure the standards are maintained. Livable wages with benefits for employees are important to ensure quality employees and low turnover.
The biggest problem with the old airport security system (prior to TSA) was that each airport was responsible for its own security and there were no national standards. Many (most) airports hired minimum wage "mom and pop" security companies (or had their own in-house employees), with no real hiring standards, little to no training, no over-arching federal regulations to follow, no experienced, professional oversight, and on and on. TSA - love them or hate them - at least established standards in all those areas, but, like any other government bureaucracy, they were doomed to fail. A professional private security company could do the job better and in a much less expensive manner.
What needs to happen to ensure privatization is effective in such things like airport screening, is that standards have to be established for hiring, training, conduct of operations and a system of verification has to be pout in place to ensure the standards are maintained. Livable wages with benefits for employees are important to ensure quality employees and low turnover.
The biggest problem with the old airport security system (prior to TSA) was that each airport was responsible for its own security and there were no national standards. Many (most) airports hired minimum wage "mom and pop" security companies (or had their own in-house employees), with no real hiring standards, little to no training, no over-arching federal regulations to follow, no experienced, professional oversight, and on and on. TSA - love them or hate them - at least established standards in all those areas, but, like any other government bureaucracy, they were doomed to fail. A professional private security company could do the job better and in a much less expensive manner.
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Most all of it could be privatized or eliminated. The Fair Tax could eliminate the IRS. Veteran's Tricare Health Insurance could eliminate the VA Health Care.
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I would love nothing more than to seeing the IRS shut down or at least downsized 85%. After all, taxes do still need to be taken in (saying that just burned my Libertarian tongue).
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