Ron Paul, presidential candidate for 2008, speaks out against the National ID card, and talks about our last chance to band together to defeat this asinine legislation.
Absent a political miracle in the Senate, within two years every American will need a conforming national ID card to participate in ordinary activities. This REAL ID Act establishes a massive, centrally coordinated database of highly personal information about American citizens: at a minimum their name, date of birth, place of residence, Social Security number, and physical characteristics. The legislation also grants open-ended authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to require biometric information on IDs in the future. This means your harmless looking driver’s license could contain a retina scan, fingerprints, DNA information, or radio frequency technology.
…reveals that states will be required to participate in the “Driver’s License Agreement,” which was crafted by DMV lobbyists years ago. This agreement creates a massive database of sensitive information on American citizens that can be shared with Canada and Mexico!
Terrorism is the excuse given for virtually every new power grab by the federal government, and the national ID is no exception. But federal agencies have tried to create a national ID for years, long before the 9/11 attacks. In fact, a 1996 bill sought to do exactly what the REAL ID Act does: transform state drivers’ licenses into de facto national ID cards. At the time, Congress was flooded with calls by angry constituents, and the bill ultimately died.
The ever so scary Real ID Act, full text here.
Where to fight back against the Real ID Act while there is still time, here.
One overriding point has been forgotten: Criminals don’t obey laws! As with gun control, national ID cards will only affect law-abiding citizens. Do we really believe a terrorist bent on murder is going to dutifully obtain a federal ID card? Do we believe that people who openly flout our immigration laws will nonetheless respect our ID requirements? Any ID card can be forged; any federal agency or state DMV is susceptible to corruption. Criminals can and will obtain national ID cards, or operate without them. National ID cards will be used to track the law-abiding masses, not criminals.
FIGHT BACK WHILE YOU CAN.
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I have NO IDEA who this guy is, but gramma ev likes him and she doesnt like anyone…
Ron Paul is the first viable Libertarian candidate I’ve ever seen. He’s running on the republican ticket, but his voting record is 100% Libertarian. As a libertarian myself, he is currently in first place for who I like in the election, followed by mike Gravel, democrat. I’d love to see a two party ticket with the two of them.
If Ron Paul does not win New Hampshire and eventually the Republican nomination, it will be a travesty of epic proportions. This man is literally the only politician today that sees the big picture of what our country has become, and what it will soon be if we continue down this same misguided path.
Ron Paul in 2008