TSA PreCheck was originally created after the government realized they were wasting millions of dollars screening low-risk business travelers who just wanted to get to their overpriced airport beers faster.

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TSA PreCheck was originally created after the government realized they were wasting millions of dollars screening low-risk business travelers who just wanted to get to their overpriced airport beers faster. Instead of fixing the security theater that makes you take off your shoes like a toddler at a bounce house, they monetized it by charging you a fee to keep your belt on. You are literally paying the government to bypass the very inconvenience they invented, proving that capitalism will always find a way to commodify your desire not to stand in a line behind someone trying to bring a gallon of artisan mayonnaise through the x-ray machine. It is the ultimate flex to breeze past the peasants while secretly hoping your random selection rate stays at zero