The Real ID Act as written by Sensenbrenner (R WI) includes language that allows for the writing in of further requirements such as: retinal scans and also the inclusion of financial information such as bank account so that you would pay for gas with your ID. These are not inacted yet but the way it is written they could be added at any time. So that's why the states are railing against it. Wisconsin used to be progressive, this is a last vestige of it.
The idea is to put a chip in the ID and require an individual to always carry it with them. Then, if a bad guy had a real ID they could in THEORY pinpoint his location with a satellite. (or drone) Or can track his location by seeing how many sensors he has passed in traveling. It's the same kind of 'strip' that's in money now (hold it up to the light once to see it) This is a way to electronically count how much money you have in your pocket at say, an airport. Anyone with over X amount of cash on them at an airport is pulled aside and questioned. And so a National ID while having merits to security, could also be used to destroy civil liberties.
I live in Ohio and here is a bill coming up where they want to use your license as a passport for Canada. I have not heard anything about the bill since July
I agree. Why cause more problems?
The Real ID Act as written by Sensenbrenner (R WI) includes language that allows for the writing in of further requirements such as: retinal scans and also the inclusion of financial information such as bank account so that you would pay for gas with your ID. These are not inacted yet but the way it is written they could be added at any time. So that's why the states are railing against it. Wisconsin used to be progressive, this is a last vestige of it.
I did not know that,thanks for adding.
The idea is to put a chip in the ID and require an individual to always carry it with them. Then, if a bad guy had a real ID they could in THEORY pinpoint his location with a satellite. (or drone) Or can track his location by seeing how many sensors he has passed in traveling. It's the same kind of 'strip' that's in money now (hold it up to the light once to see it) This is a way to electronically count how much money you have in your pocket at say, an airport. Anyone with over X amount of cash on them at an airport is pulled aside and questioned. And so a National ID while having merits to security, could also be used to destroy civil liberties.
I live in Ohio and here is a bill coming up where they want to use your license as a passport for Canada. I have not heard anything about the bill since July