Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head

Well since it's a system that's already in place, wouldn't it take much less time to implement than coming up with yet another stupid national ID card idea that would have to start at ground zero?

I mean, let's just say they decided bang! Today is the day REAL ID goes into effect.
That system does not exist. How long and at what expense will that take to get implemented? How exactly are they going to accomplish that? Start arresting people that refuse to get one? They expected the states to foot the bill for getting that job done. The states said no. They were supposed to link it up with the DMVs and have them be responsible to making sure every single person was issued one. The DMVs told them to fuck off too.

If they just want everyone to have a standardized US ID, then the US Passport is perfect. It already exists. It's accepted all over the planet, already. It doesn't store too much information about you. So, why not use what we already have, and focus on how to get the rest of the public to get one, rather than dicking around with cheesy acronyms like BELIEVE and shit. I don't have the answer on how to do that, but at least we don't need spend time & money reinventing what already exists.