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While You Slept, Government Created Internal Passports

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 06 2019, @03:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the papers-please dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The deadline of yet another, and perhaps the most insidious, element of the post-9/11 initiatives (a partial list of which includes the establishment of the Transportation Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and a never-ending international war against a nebulously-defined, noncorporeal enemy, "terror") is less than one year from coming to fruition. Beginning no later than October 1, 2020, citizens of all US states and territories will be required to have a Real ID compliant card or US passport to board a commercial plane or enter a Federal government facility. Pundits citing the inevitability of what amounts to a national ID card have, regrettably, been vindicated.

https://www.aier.org/article/while-you-slept-government-created-internal-passports/

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 06 2019, @05:53AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 06 2019, @05:53AM (#916728)

    But I bet you can't stay in Norway without a national ID so long that your kids (who also don't have an ID) are applying to college and wondering if they'll get deported to a country where they don't even speak the language. It's almost like the USA doesn't bother to enforce some laws. No. Wait. It's exactly like that.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday November 06 2019, @06:16AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 06 2019, @06:16AM (#916731) Journal

    And...?

    No, really, it's a genuine question: what exactly is your point?
    I can see many possible interpretations and I have this feeling there may be others that I don't see.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford

    • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by RS3 on Wednesday November 06 2019, @04:45PM

      by RS3 (6367) on Wednesday November 06 2019, @04:45PM (#916860)

      By definition ACs just think it's kewl to write stuff in a little box, click "Submit", and see it published online. Woe dude, awesome! The usefulness of the content is hit-or-miss.

    • (Score: 2) by sjames on Thursday November 07 2019, @12:03AM

      by sjames (2882) on Thursday November 07 2019, @12:03AM (#917050) Journal

      AC may be hinting that there are extra problems when the rules change mid-stream, especially when no provisions are made for that.

      For example, getting a "real ID" can be quite a problem if you don't already have an ID. Many don't because it wasn't required at one time if you didn't drive.