Registered Traveler Program - Good or Bad?

[Fly Navy]

There is a guy who I occasionally see on a street corner that obviously duct-tapes a cast to his leg every morning.

Thing is, people don't want to call them on it. I've seen it just once. A guy asked me for some change and a lady started yelling at him and telling me that she sees him there all the time, and that "he's rich."

Professional beggars have been around forever; cripple makers had a huge business in the Middle Ages. Disable someone and they'd be set for life!

I never give money to bums. It's a fairly common tactic to start a mugging. "Hey got any change?"... guy brings out wallet... knife/gun comes out... "give me all of it". How a friend of mine got mugged.

 

[eddie]

I never give money to bums. It's a fairly common tactic to start a mugging. "Hey got any change?"... guy brings out wallet... knife/gun comes out... "give me all of it". How a friend of mine got mugged.

That, I had not thought of; just one more reason I suppose.

 

[snizo]

If your time is that important - get a flight on a corporate jet and skip the lines and security all together. Otherwise - guess you'll just have to be a peon like everyone else.

 

[Brett327]

Paying for convienence is fine and dandy with private corporations. When you start talking about the government, it turns into a form of regressive taxation.

In SOCAL, people pay (the State) to "Fast Track" through the border and also to use some of the express toll roads.

Brett