Liberty Alone

Rather predictably, the big government loving states of New Jersey and California (its not a coincidence these are Democratic strongholds for the most part) have expressed support for the US ID card system, REAL ID. This time the canard which has been trotted out is that it will ease the provision of services.
This has been trotted out by the UK government (the genesis of the current National Identity Database scheme seems to be ‘entitlement cards’ for provision of services) but seems to have been quietly dropped (for now).

In more positive news, Utah and Idaho are contemplating rejecting REAL ID. Those against the act include Bill Bishop, Director of the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security, who is arguing that REAL ID will not help security but will actually harm security efforts.

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