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Congress Debating National Driver's License Rules
hamelis writes "The NYT [FRR: bugmenot]reporting on Congress' attempt to set national standards for issuing driver's licenses. The Secretary of Homeland Security could require licenses to contain fingerprints or retinal scans, and while states are not required to cooperate, if your license doesn't conform to federal standards, you can be denied "access to planes, trains and other modes of transportation." Additionally, the House version would require states to keep all license data in a linked database for quick access, and calls for "an integrated network of screening points that includes the nation's border security system, transportation system and critical infrastructure facilities." How is this functionally different from a national ID card?"
Right, but you see, in the USA, you only need papers if you're going to travel by airline, train, or car. There are still many legitimate means of travel that do not require papers, including the all-American Greyhound bus, bicycles, and hitchhiking. So, of course, we are not like Soviet Russia at all.
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I'm not american, and we do have national ID cards, we've had them forever and no one ever gave a damn about it, since we aren't into conspiracy theories and the whole fearing the government thing...
Well said, citizen, those Yankees still have a lot to learn. Now step over here so we can laser a barcode across your forehead.