[lotsofpulp]

Clear is one step too far to paying for freedom. Global entry money at least goes to one gang I already pay protection money to, the government. Clear is a non government gang that somehow got the ability to get paid in exchange for giving people more freedom.

[bitwize]

That's how America has always worked, though: freedom is an asset you buy with money. They're just saying the quiet part out loud now.

[lotsofpulp]

When you buy it from the government, at least there is a veneer of it having come from democratically elected leaders and going back to a pot of resources that are democratically spent.

As in there was zero reason for the government to give Clear a cut of the money, other than outright corruption. They already have the department of homeland security.