Federal ID plan IS CRAZY

‘The act, signed in 2005 as part of an emergency military spending and tsunami relief bill . . .”
This clearly shows that they had to sneak it through. I bet most of those voting for the bill never even knew it was there (because they didn’t read it).
The Act does virtually nothing to stop terrorism. [...]

Federal ID plan Raises Privacy Concerns

Americans may need passports to board domestic flights or to picnic in a national park next year if they live in one of the states defying the federal Real ID Act.The act, signed in 2005 as part of an emergency military spending and tsunami relief bill, aims to weave driver’s licenses and state ID cards [...]

How to Haggle, there is no such thing as a firm price.

Buying a hot dog is an essential, unquestionable transaction, the lowest common denominator of American commerce. The sale of a hot dog delivers about the same amount of marginal satisfaction to the buyer, who gets–by my reckoning–about 40 cents worth of food, heated and assembled nicely for $1.75, and to the vendor, who makes something [...]