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During the first three years of the Obama Administration, 106 new major federal regulations added more than $46 billion per year in new costs for Americans. This will create unsustainable regulatory burdens on entrepreneurs.
In 2007, Congress mandated that the Transportation Security Administration must screen 100 percent of all cargo carried by passenger planes by August 2010. Screening each and every piece of cargo—approximately 7.6 billion pounds are transported by U.S. air carriers every day—places a tremendous burden on an already struggling economy, not to mention American taxpayers. While security must be the utmost priority, there are ways to protect Americans from cargo-related terror attacks without harming the economy. With the August deadline looming—and the total-screening goal far from being ac...
A new Government Accountability Office report found that blanketscanning is not only bad for trade but hinders the ability of the international community to improve supply chain security worldwide.This report is not the first round of bad news for 100 percentscanning, and indications are that it will not be the last.Congress must recognize the disastrous consequences of 100 percentscanning and begin to examine alternatives that would maintaineconomic viability while protecting Americans.
Cargo must be screened--but it is impossible to screen 11.6 million containers every year without bringing the global economy to its knees. How to avoid the paralyzing cargo clog of the Department of Homeland Security's mandate for 100 percent cargo screening? Heritage Foundation homeland security policy analysts lay out a smart plan for risk-based screening which can keep the country safe and prosperous at the same time.