Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Ron Paul's American Traveler Dignity Act

"My legislation is simple. It establishes that airport security screeners are not immune from any US law regarding physical contact with another person, making images of another person, or causing physical harm through the use of radiation-emitting machinery on another person. It means they are subject to the same laws as the rest of us."
 "The solution to the need for security at US airports is not a government bureaucracy. The solution is to allow the private sector, preferably the airlines themselves, to provide for the security of their property. As a recent article in Forbes magazine eloquently stated, “The airlines have enormous sums of money riding on passenger safety, and the notion that a government bureaucracy has better incentives to provide safe travels than airlines with billions of dollars worth of capital and goodwill on the line strains credibility.” In the meantime, I hope we can pass this legislation and protect Americans from harm and humiliation when they choose to travel." ---Dr. Ron Paul



http://paul.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1796&Itemid=60 

2 comments:

Paul Yarbrough, Author said...

Let's hear it for Cngressman Paul

Nick Jesch said...

I saw this the other day... and am glad he has stepped forward. I loved his passion and not too subtle ridicule of present law and practice. I'll bet if it doesn't fly this session, he'll launch it again in the next... if TSA is yet functioning by that time. It is beginning to appear my "call" that Arizona's immigration issues would be the spark to set off a new "reorganisation" of this government will be proven wrong... seems this overreaching by TSA and the American flying public's awakening to its atrocities may be the thing that sparks the real change (as opposed to the kind of change the current administration planned for us). Though it does seem our current chief executive will have succeeded in bringing us change... by over-reaching decency and thus forcing our hand.

I am pleased with Mr. Paul's new legislation. May it prosper as it works its way through the government grindstones.