flynn23 wrote:

Irrelevant. The whole notion is that this is privatized - meaning that it is not held to a standard which is aligned with the good of the nation.

These ports have always been privately operated.

Besides, do you think ICE gives a fuck about smuggling and other nasty things going on at ports? They're getting PAID by the port operator. Last thing they need is to risk that contract by exposing an incident in which the port might get shut down or attract scrutiny.

I get the impression you didn't click on the link. ICE is not paid by the port operator. They are a division of DHS.

Ironically, the real reason why this is happening is due to our trade deficit. You can't keep importing more than you export forever. The US has been forced to start selling hard assets to make up the difference. At what point do we start selling other key infrastructure pieces? Adopt a highway indeed.

In this case we aren't selling anything. We never owned this. A british company is selling it to the UAE.

RE: A Meditation On the Speed Limit