My fellow Americans, does the requirement of real ID to travel by plane bother you?

@Stereoguy They are as easy to get as license... really.

@Stereoguy Because it makes sense to protect our country but the Dem leaders could care less about making sense or protecting our country! It’s too rational for them.

@Stereoguy I’m hugely pro ID to vote. I’m required to every single time I vote.

I don't understand how people can even exist in this country without an ID. You need one to do just about anything important, so how do you not have one? And why is voting not protected from just walking in and claiming to be anyone?

@FaeLuna It’s like getting your license for the first time. Really not a big deal at all. One thing it will do is when cops pull over illegals, they are in trouble!

@FaeLuna I can easily imagine someone getting very upset even if they can afford the passport. You're being asked to pay more than your other fellow citizens. Think of someone so frugal, they don't smoke, drink, buy lattes, but then asked to do this. Even the thought that you're carrying more documentation, the driver's license merely fits in your wallet but now you got to worry about the passport which is a bit bigger, can be irksome, and this can effect someone whether they lean politically left or right.

@DestroyerOfIdeologies A passport is necessary for international travel, and every citizen of every country that wants to travel to another country has one.

Unless you count those who feel they can stagger across our border and claim that they have every right to be here.

@DestroyerOfIdeologies Okay, so they can get a passport card. It works for domestic flights, is currently only $65 (equivalent to paying $6.50 a year), and it fits in a wallet. Or better yet, just have all the states do the RealID.

Or just don't fly on a plane if you can't afford six dollars a year for a federally-issued ID. I don't get why having identification is a political issue all of a sudden.

@xixgun for those who don't qualify for the RealID, it's not just a matter of international travel, it is now a matter of DOMESTIC travel as well. This isn't about going through the border anymore, it's about just flying from one state to another, even if it's one next to you. You can not get on the plane with merely just a driver's license anymore, it has to be Real ID compliant or you do buy a passport which causes you to pay extra money, may not come to you on time, and easier to be lost as it doesn't just fit your regular wallet.

I can just imagine some veteran very upset fighting for the freedom of this country and now some family member of his can not see him because of some technicality. Or even if they do get a passport, problems can arise with what I've already said above.

@FaeLuna that some people have to pay more is not such a bad thing, is not a problem? Okay!

Feels like some people are getting randomly taxed more than others.

I also think some people who never bothered to fly, or even just drive, to another country, previously had no proboem, but is now gonna be hit by this. You need certain documents. There are cases where those were lost by any reason at all, fire, hurricane, etc. That might make it very hard for them or even impossible to get.

Just imagine a veteran wanting a relative or friend of theirs to come see him, perhaps he wants to show off his new house. But suddenly they can't. The country he fought for to make free, won't allow it.

@FaeLuna It is federally mandated if you fly in the states. Every state will issue them with proper documents!