The dangers of REAL ID:
• Fundamental inalienable human rights are being restricted.
Every citizen is being forced to get
registered. REAL ID is not about identity but rather government authorization of activity. Individual rights and powers
are being taken away. The government will authorize whether you can travel, have a bank account, get a job, or have access
to Federal Courts and facilities. What were once inalienable rights are now privileges requiring government permission.
Without REALID you will not be able to:
- Drive your car
- Board a plane, train, or bus
- Enter any federal building
- Open a bank account
- Hold a job
• A Coerced Identification Card.
In the modern world we need identification. But shouldn’t we be able to
choose the form of identification and shouldn’t we have the right to limit the information available?
We believe that the citizen should have ultimate control over the type of information and the amount of information.
• A $23 Billion Deception.
Homeland Security's estimate of $23 billion dollars to create this national ID system is probably off by $5 billion dollars...
• A Waste of Our Time.
Time is precious and waiting in line at the Driver's License Bureaus is an example
of wasting time to comply with ineffective government bureaucracy.
• One stop shopping for Criminals and Terrorists.
All this information will be available to any DMV worker,
anywhere in the country. The data on your license or ID card will be able to be called-up by any federal or state agency,
anywhere.
• A National Gun Registry.
Gun registration will be eventually tied to the database.
• A Threat to Freedom.
"Your Papers, Please" is a phrase from the Soviet Union or a banana republic not a phrase
we expect to hear in a free country. ID checkpoints will become commonplace - they will be disguised as seat belt checkpoints, ICE
enforcement, or any of an assortment of safety checkpoints.
• A Blight on the US Senate.
The US Senate never debated or discussed the REAL ID Act. It was never debated in
any committee or on the Senate floor. Most of the Senate never even read the bill. Yet they passed it unanimously to please
a powerful Senator (Representative James Sensenbrenner (R) of Wisconsin) who attached it as a rider to the military spending
bill HR 1268.
• Creation of a Megadatabase.
Databases that were once separate requiring individual warrants and permissions
for access will now be linked. It is the creation of an open-ended database. A file with all your private information
will be created and over time linked/expanded to include: copy of your birth certificate, social security number and account
details, driver's record, home address, phone numbers, email addresses, parents and sibling information, associates information,
medical records, educational records, political affiliations, travel data, arrest and conviction records, gun registration
data, credit history, biometric information (particularly facial characteristics), fingerprints, and we expect will eventually include
a copy of one's DNA.
• Enforcement Methods.
It is the methods by which our government implements its policies that particularly concern
us. It is the transition to a Police/Surveillance/Database STATE that is most shocking and dangerous. This country
survived 200 years of war and strife without turning into a totalitarian regime; our current security crisis is
no excuse. Fundamentally, the United States Government has two choices to battle current threats. The
first choice is to empower its citizens to be vigilant and be able to respond appropriately. The second choice (being
implemented) is to control and to render powerless its citizens.
• REALID is Unconstitutional.
With the REALID Act the Department of Homeland Security has been granted the
power to waive all law in implementing its policies. Congress has created an agency above the Constitution.
"Each time we give up a bit of information about ourselves to the government, we give up some of our freedom." - former
US Senator Sam Ervin
The question
that no one in the government can answer: What will our most private information be used for if our government becomes a tyranny?*
Predictions:
• Privacy breeches will continue to be commonplace. Stolen identities will continue to be a common everyday occurrence
despite implementation of REALID to any degree.
• Gross misuse of information for political agendas will become common. These cases will certainly be
far less publicized. Tax audits and permit queries of political enemies is a typical tactic resulting in fees, penalties,
and imprisonment. "Your papers are not in order!"
• False arrests over accuracy issues will occur. There will be deaths during these arrests.
• Accuracy issues will continue to plague the program. Maintaining the accuracy of the information is an impossible task
which the promoters of these programs are simply unwilling to admit.
• Private companies that deal with the information will get immunity from civil suits and even criminal activity.
There will be cases of workers and management abusing the information.
• Private companies seeking commercial advantages will buy access to the information and will also misuse
it.
• The role of REALID will be expanded to distinguish between citizens and non-citizens, privileged and non-persons,
those with rights and those without. This negates one of the primary ideals of the Constitution that all persons
have inalienable rights.
*Some would argue that it already is...
