Real ID act...what a joke.

[Guest (Lightsider)]

Over the years I have seen this take shape and I am thoroughly disgusted that this country has gone down this path. When the Social Security Number was introduced way back when it was never supposed to be an identifier. Today it is routinely used by credit agencies and employers. Never trust the government when they say they mean to do one thing when you know the exact opposite will happen. The routine use of the miss use of the SS Number is the biggest reason their is so much identity theft.

The real'id is not some harmless tool to fight terrorism. It is an EXCUSE to make you show the government your papers just like what happened in cup cake Germany. A fundamental freedom of travel has been given up. A police state is being born before our very eyes and we the people are letting it happen.

The effects this will have on the transgender community is staggering. One of the things it will do is "The construction of a 50-state, interlinked database making all the information in each person’s file available to all the other states and to the federal government." and "A “machine readable zone” that will allow for the easy capture of all the data on the ID by stores or anyone else with a reader" Wal-mart is working on doing just this so they can save money by firing all their cashiers and charging your credit account as you pass through the door.

The amount of power the government is taking to track and control our lives is staggering.

You probably think I lost my mind. The only way this will stop is if people stop pretended it is not happening and just going along with the Program.

Any way...off my soap box I go.

[Guest AngelaA88]

Any particular reason to not move to Canada at this point?

[Guest (Lightsider)]

I am not sure but I think Canada has some of the same restrictions going on because of the way the US is acting about it. The border crossing laws are just beyond stupid.

[Guest Melissa~]

I failed to notice in the constitution a term that implies any part or portion of a persons identity is secret. In fact the census implies just the opposite. Under search and seizure? No. Equal treatment? Nopers The quaintest idea would be the right to not self incriminate, which would allow one to hide their identity untill the goverment could get a warrant to read your teeth, prints etc for identity purposes. Frankly a robust ID system should work to protect trans people from fraud against them. Once again today someone in Nevada fraudulently used my health insurance, the patient got away with theft of thousands of dollars by the time the EOB gets to me in the mail. A robust ID system would never allow that.

[Guest (Lightsider)]

"Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither." Risk is part of life. When I go through the security check point at an airport it is a stark reminder of the liberties we are losing all because something happened one time. It is an excuse for the leaders of this country to keep track of you. It really has nothing to do with preventing theft of your ID or the illegal use of your health insurance or stopping terrorism. Now why do they want to keep track of the population? Because a free society is the biggest threat to ANY government.

Not to be disrespectful of your viewpoint because you certainly have a right to it, but please remind me of this the next time I am felt up at the airport which has already happened 3 times. It is assumed every one is guilty and it does violate our rights but we allow it because the government used a "terrorist" situation to box us in.