In 2005, Congress passed a law seeking to create a national
identification (ID) system by weaving together the states’
driver-licensing systems. According to the federal government’s plan,
within three years state motor-vehicle bureaus would begin issuing
driver’s licenses and identification cards according to federal
standards, and data about drivers would be shared among governments
nationwide.
States across the country rejected this unfunded federal surveillance mandate. Half the state legislatures in the country passed resolutions objecting to the REAL ID Act or bills outright barring their states from complying. Almost a decade later, there is no national ID, but Congress continues to funnel money into the federal government’s national ID project. The federal government has spent more than a quarter billion dollars on REAL ID.
http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/real-id-state-state-update
States across the country rejected this unfunded federal surveillance mandate. Half the state legislatures in the country passed resolutions objecting to the REAL ID Act or bills outright barring their states from complying. Almost a decade later, there is no national ID, but Congress continues to funnel money into the federal government’s national ID project. The federal government has spent more than a quarter billion dollars on REAL ID.
http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/real-id-state-state-update
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