If you don’t realize, America has become and is moving faster towards a police state. It’s interesting to find out how many people don’t have the slightest idea of what the Read ID Act is and what horrible potential lies behind it.
With no discussion on the topic, the U.S. Senate passed the bill on Tuesday, May 10, 2005. This Act presses each of our state’s government into taking our licenses and using them as tools for homeland security.
On January 25, 2007, Maine passed legislature that refused the implementation of the Real ID Act in their state. By February Utah joined Maine in opposition to this bill. It didn’t take long before Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington also joined Maine and Utah in passing legislation opposing Real ID.
New York’s new policy of issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented residents upon presentation of a valid foreign passport goes against the requirements for documentation of legal status and a valid Social Security Number.
As of now, there is no true national identity card in the United States. The Social Security system is as close as we’ve been to a national identity. The interesting thing about the Social Security program is that it’s completely optional and issued to a newborn via the parent’s request. Of course, they’ll want to make this request if they want to do things such as claim taxes or ensure that their child can function in today’s society. On a national level, the Real ID cards are required by each state. Since this is state-issued, these new forms of identity are not technically considered to be national identification cards.
The beginning mark of a Totalitarian Society? When something that has the full potential of embracing Tyranny, how can people look away?
If this isn’t enough to terrorize you, you’re not paying enough attention. Don’t let 1984 be our future.
