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krakensden on March 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: $100 to Fly Through the Airport

Most people fly rarely to never, and the TSA has slowly realized it needs to give special consideration to elected officials to keep itself safe.

HSO on March 15, 2012 [–]

Yeah, I guess yours and nitrogen's explanations, taken together, can explain a large part of it. OTOH, low proportion of people who cross borders (esp. compared to Europe); OTOH, the nature of representative democracy (as opposed to direct democracy).

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