Regulation of the Day: The Size of Your Carry-On Bags

by Ryan Young on July 7, 2009

in Deregulate to Stimulate, Mobility, Nanny State, Politics as Usual, Regulation, Regulation of the Day

The thirteenth in an occasional series that shines a bit of light on the regulatory state.

Today’s Regulation of the Day comes to us from Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL, 3rd term).

Rep. Lipinski has introduced the Securing Cabin Baggage Act, which would set a maximum size for carry-on bags.

In today’s American Spectator Online, I explain why the bill wouldn’t add to security, wouldn’t make flying more convenient, and may well be the result of rent-seeking.

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