An article appeared in today’s USA Today about the fight for overhead bin space that is happening with regularity on today’s airliners. All but Southwest and JetBlue charge for checked baggage and this has led to an increase in the number of travelers who are carrying on as much as possible to avoid the fee. The most disturbing line in the entire article was this:

Congress is considering legislation to limit and standardize carry-on size and ensure enforcement at TSA airport checkpoints.

These are private businesses that should be able to make decisions regarding carry on size and count without Congress getting involved. What about taxi drivers, I am sure they have to deal with travelers that try to cram more than will fit into the trunks of their cars. Should we make some laws about that too? This mindset of so many in Washington that no problem is too small or too private to get in the middle of, and make even more laws to solve every problem of the day is terrible for our country. We need to start putting up no trespassing signs that read, ‘CONGRESS, KEEP OUT!”