Terrorism as a Tax

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/05/terrorism_as_a.html

by xirium • 18 years ago

13 7 18 years ago

That's a very good viewpoint. Kudos to the author and poster.

raghus• 18 years ago

"More respondents were worried about U.S. immigration officials (70 percent) than about crime or terrorism (54 percent) when considering a trip to the country."

Agreed, the US seems to be an exceptionally safe country - especially if you happen to come from countries outside of N/W Europe. And I think the average US immigration official would also be considered substantially friendlier than the average consular officer in those countries.

technoguyrob• 18 years ago

There are eleven million commercial flights each year. [1] Each one gets taxed $5 after 9/11 for "extra security measures" (just look on your plane ticket receipt). That's already $66 million each year for pointless security considerations that any Redditor or Digger will reasonable explain to you are useless.

[1] http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/34532

By the way, it would be nice to avoid politics on HN.

Herring• 18 years ago

Did he forget the cost of the war? At $1-2 trillion estimated total, it dwarfs everything he mentioned.

brlewis• 18 years ago

He only included measures that at least give some appearance of increasing security.

maxklein• 18 years ago

The best thing to do after Sept. 11th would have been to mourn, then smile and pretend it never happened. A lot less would have been lost.

dant• 18 years ago

It's quite interesting but seems to lack any actual conclusion. Security costs money, so what?

Terrorism as a Tax

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