ClaytonBigsby
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As U.S. Passports For Domestic Flights Loom, IRS Can Now Revoke Passports
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2016/03/14/as-u-s-passports-for-domestic-flights-loom-irs-can-now-revoke-passports/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix#759559734c39
Now, there is a reprieve until January 22, 2018. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has issued a statement that, until then, residents of all states can continue to use their state driver’s license for domestic air travel. But by Oct. 1, 2020, every air traveler will need a Real-ID-compliant license, or another acceptable form of federal ID for domestic travel. The Real ID Act created a national standard for state-issued IDs. Some states initially refused to comply, fearing that the federal government would make a national database of citizens.
It is clear that a U.S. passport will have increasing importance even for domestic travel. And the rise of the passport’s importance coincides uncannily with a new law giving the IRS power to revoke passports. Plainly, the easy answer to travel worries may be to dig out your passport, and they are already often in evidence in domestic air check in lines. But what if your passport is cancelled because you owe the IRS?
We are heading for a police state waaaay worse than 1984 predicted. A friend of mine's baby momma lied about some bills and he went behind a few thousand on his child support overnight. They revoked his passport. driver's license, business license, and froze his bank account (making it impossible to pay her). Our system is fucked up and getting worse by the year.
Is it just me?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2016/03/14/as-u-s-passports-for-domestic-flights-loom-irs-can-now-revoke-passports/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix#759559734c39
Now, there is a reprieve until January 22, 2018. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has issued a statement that, until then, residents of all states can continue to use their state driver’s license for domestic air travel. But by Oct. 1, 2020, every air traveler will need a Real-ID-compliant license, or another acceptable form of federal ID for domestic travel. The Real ID Act created a national standard for state-issued IDs. Some states initially refused to comply, fearing that the federal government would make a national database of citizens.
It is clear that a U.S. passport will have increasing importance even for domestic travel. And the rise of the passport’s importance coincides uncannily with a new law giving the IRS power to revoke passports. Plainly, the easy answer to travel worries may be to dig out your passport, and they are already often in evidence in domestic air check in lines. But what if your passport is cancelled because you owe the IRS?
We are heading for a police state waaaay worse than 1984 predicted. A friend of mine's baby momma lied about some bills and he went behind a few thousand on his child support overnight. They revoked his passport. driver's license, business license, and froze his bank account (making it impossible to pay her). Our system is fucked up and getting worse by the year.
Is it just me?
