I’d like to pay to wait in line please?

Pretty soon you will be able to pay to wait in line at Airport Security.

According to an article that appeared in USA today on Thursday
TSA considers reservations for airport security. The Transportation Security Administration is exploring whether it can guarantee a short wait at checkpoints with a reservation system aimed at enticing travelers to go through security at off-peak times.

Here is how they think this will work:

1. Customers will pay a fee

2. Computers that help set flight schedules could be used to give travelers five- to 10-minute windows for arriving at checkpoints.

3. Travelers reserving checkpoint slots probably would have to arrive earlier than usual, perhaps by as little as 20 to 30 minutes

So now customers need to pay for better service? Is this the answer?

Or does the TSA need to add more staff during peak time?

I say that they add more staff, not charge customers for a slot in the line.

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Bernanke has the Whole World in His Hand!

The fate of the stock market, most Wall Street pundits say, now rests in the hands of Bernanke, the nation’s top central banker.

When the Bernanke-led Federal Reserve meets Tuesday, it is expected to cut its target for the fed funds rate — the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans — for the first time in the Bernanke era. Investors say cuts are necessary to revive a wobbly economy dragged down by the sinking housing market and resulting defaults on mortgages taken out by folks with shaky credit.

With oil at $80 a barrel, retail sales growth coming in lower than expected and thousands of jobs been lost in the mortgage industry we are not headed in a good direction.

What do you think Bernanke will do?
A. Tell us to get over it and stop whining
B. Cut the rate by a half-point
C. Cut the rate by a quarter point
D. Drop the ball