Since we have hit on this subject, here is an article by Neal Boortz from this past Friday.

http://boortz.com/nuze/200702/02022007.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - A revolt against a national driver’s license, begun in Maine last month, is quickly spreading to other states.The Maine Legislature on Jan. 26 overwhelmingly passed a resolution objecting to the Real ID Act of 2005. The federal law sets a national standard for driver’s licenses and requires states to link their record-keeping systems to national databases.

Within a week of Maine’s action, lawmakers in Georgia, Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Vermont and Washington state also balked at Real ID. They are expected soon to pass laws or adopt resolutions declining to participate in the federal identification network.

AP 

 

Good.  I hope these states stand steadfast on this and don’t back down.  I don’t see any evidence whatsoever that convinces me that going to a Federally standard identification will do anything to increase security from terrorism or curb illegal immigration.  What makes a Federal bureaucracy any more reliable than a local one?  In my opinion, the Federal ID is just another of many power grabs that the Federal Government have justified to make us “safer” in post 9-11 America.  On top of that, it’s a collassal waste of money.  $11 billion in tax dollars nationwide to implement this useless idea is perfectly acceptable to Washington, but a couple of billion to build a fence on the border which would actually have a positive impact?  Forget it.

States will have to comply by May 2008. If they do not, driver’s licenses that fall short of Real ID’s standards cannot be used to board an airplane or enter a federal building or open some bank accounts.

About a dozen states have active legislation against Real ID, including Arizona, Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming.

Yeah, right.  Like the Federal Government is going to tell tens of millions of people living in these states that they can’t fly anymore.  I’d like to seem them try that, especially during a Presidential election year.  This is just a scare tactic. 

I particularly like the part about not being able to enter a Federal building.  So I guess the Fed buildings in say, Arizona, are going to be vacant since the employees won’t be allowed to enter them in order to go to work.