Hospital services are not provided by the government; airports are.
* It seems reasonable to be able to pay the airline more for better treatment by the airline (first class, lounges, etc...).
* It seems moderately unreasonable to be able to pay extra (either directly or through the airline) for shorter lines at the checkpoint (first class lines).
* It seems entirely unreasonable to be able to pay extra to avoid safety procedures, as I'm sure a terrorist organization with global reach can find an accomplice who can pass a background check. Either the intrusive screening procedures are necessary or they're not.
Things that inconvenience the rich tend to get changed. Consider public transportation in most large European cities compared to most large US cities. The rich do not ride the bus in Miami. This is an attempt to avoid the change by making the system more convenient for the rich without fixing it for anyone else.
* It seems reasonable to be able to pay the airline more for better treatment by the airline (first class, lounges, etc...).
* It seems moderately unreasonable to be able to pay extra (either directly or through the airline) for shorter lines at the checkpoint (first class lines).
* It seems entirely unreasonable to be able to pay extra to avoid safety procedures, as I'm sure a terrorist organization with global reach can find an accomplice who can pass a background check. Either the intrusive screening procedures are necessary or they're not.
Things that inconvenience the rich tend to get changed. Consider public transportation in most large European cities compared to most large US cities. The rich do not ride the bus in Miami. This is an attempt to avoid the change by making the system more convenient for the rich without fixing it for anyone else.