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In reply to the discussion: Driver Licenses From These States May Soon Be Invalid for Domestic Flights [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)43. I can't understand the resistance short of conspiracy ideas.
It can easily venture into the sovereign state crapola and in the right wing orbit it does.
I will be the first to agree than much of the TSA stuff is overkill. But I have no problem feeling secure that people on a plane with me are who they say they are.
We often lament the fact on DU that so few Americans have passports. Well, a passport is a type of national ID because the federal government has your info. With the update DL the states have to guarantee certain info is verified but the feds dont automatically get that info. Not that it would really matter. I always thought the fear of govment was not a liberal trait. Hell, every one here wants some type of Universal Healthcare.
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Driver Licenses From These States May Soon Be Invalid for Domestic Flights [View all]
Rhiannon12866
Apr 2019
OP
An article which is confusing to the point of virtual uselessness ... no offense (nt)
mr_lebowski
Apr 2019
#2
Oh, it IS disturbing ... it's just too bare-bones of an article. The mish-mash of 2020 dates with
mr_lebowski
Apr 2019
#9
Well, that's why I posted more than I should have - to include the states
Rhiannon12866
Apr 2019
#11
I only remember having to bring my birth certificate when I first got my license
Rhiannon12866
Apr 2019
#15
Yeah I remember that kinda stuff ... hell I'm 52 and I don't have the original ...
mr_lebowski
Apr 2019
#17
The Real ID Act has been around for a long time but states kept getting extensions
csziggy
Apr 2019
#31
Indeed, & made further complicated by the fact some states issue DL's that aren't compliant
mr_lebowski
Apr 2019
#32
Note that just because your state is considered 'Compliant' doesn't mean that YOU must therefore
mr_lebowski
Apr 2019
#33
A passport is not that expensive. If you can afford to fly or take a long train trip,
Blue_true
Apr 2019
#41
Thank the bush administration...this was attached to funding for the Iraq War. n/t
cynatnite
Apr 2019
#42