Tuesday, July 19, 2005
National ID woes
The federal government passed a bill last term making drivers' licenses meet certain minimum criteria to be used federally. These criteria include verification of the driver's citizenship and residency status. This will include certain biometric measured like finger prints. Certain governors, including our own "Fast Eddie" Rendell are bitching that it will drive up the cost of licenses and it's an unfunded mandate to the states. They belly ache that it will cause more problems with the driver's license process and so on.
The idea that you can get a license without proving that you are eligible to have one in this day and age is outrageous. If the process had begun a few years ago, this wouldn't be an issue now. If there was some enforcement of the immigration laws that are on the books this wouldn't be an issue. IF the federal and state governments did there job in the beginning, there wouldn't be this uproar now. To listen to Eddie Rendell complain about a cost to the state,-a legitimate, reasonable cost- after signing the budget that gave him and the state legislature a 16% pay raise for not doing their job, makes me sick.
Eddie- if your so damned concerned about the state not being able to afford the new license restrictions, give back the several thousand dollar raise that you and your cronies in the house and senate just stole from the state's tax-payers.
The idea that you can get a license without proving that you are eligible to have one in this day and age is outrageous. If the process had begun a few years ago, this wouldn't be an issue now. If there was some enforcement of the immigration laws that are on the books this wouldn't be an issue. IF the federal and state governments did there job in the beginning, there wouldn't be this uproar now. To listen to Eddie Rendell complain about a cost to the state,-a legitimate, reasonable cost- after signing the budget that gave him and the state legislature a 16% pay raise for not doing their job, makes me sick.
Eddie- if your so damned concerned about the state not being able to afford the new license restrictions, give back the several thousand dollar raise that you and your cronies in the house and senate just stole from the state's tax-payers.
