Last night on The O’Reilly Factor Bill was discussing the problems the airlines are having with luggage delivery. New security restrictions are causing more passengers to check their luggage instead of carrying it with them in the cabin. This has caused the airlines to lose so much luggage that some travelers are shipping their luggage through Fedex rather than risk it with the airlines. Bill’s solution: More government regulation of the airlines!

He said that the airlines are focusing on the most lucrative routes and are, therefore, neglecting most of the less lucrative routes. If I were a shareholder in an airline I would certainly hope that is what they’re doing. The airlines are businesses, not social services.

I agree with O’Reilly on most of his positions but on some he is just out there. Perhaps he takes an occasional sip of that Kool-Aid that he likes to talk about. How he could think that the government could manage air travel more efficiently than the free market is beyond me. Cheap air travel is not a right. If people want to travel the less lucrative routes and have their luggage delivered on time they will just have to pay more.

O’Reilly’s belief that ‘Big Oil’ is an elaborate conspiracy to keep gasoline prices high is another one of his strange ideas. He wants the government to regulate the oil industry. How about the news media Bill? Do you want the government to regulate that? Do you think we would get more reliable opinions from you if you were government regulated?