The choice is, uhhh, clear

I read something last night about the clear TSA pre check. The headline was that California has introduced legislation to outlaw its use in the state. 

But it's the details and the subtext that are interesting. 

First off, the legislation is proposed because it creates an unfair practice. You are allowing people to buy their way out of standing in line. Which is exactly the intent of the program.  That doesn't seem right in a way. Everyone is heading to the same airplanes to go their destinations. And yet people with the means can pay to not stand in line (well perhaps "for as long")

Among other things you've got the wealth inequity on full display. 

And then there's the subtext. A single for-profit company has partnered with airports and the TSA to allow you to pass through more quickly - and is making money in the process. 

How is that a fair business practice? How did one company get a contract with the entire country to make not standing in line a thing?

And when did we become SO IMPATIENT that waiting in line… to simply go to the gate and wait for your flight … matters?

Why can't everyone just pre-register and speed things up?

It's a microcosm of everything happening in society.