About a year ago, the annoying search at the door of the federal courthouse in Buffalo began to include a request for everyone’s ID. This was new and seemingly pointless. I couldn’t figure it out.

Now I know. It’s part of the Feds’ plan to use driver’s licenses as a national ID card. Soon, if you live in a state that doesn’t transform its driver’s licenses according to federal standards, you won’t be able to enter a federal building or airplane.

So, though its security value is nonexistent, they are asking now so they can ask later and deny entrance if you live in a free state.

Again, though our real problem is that the federal government has too much freedom to create enemies around the world, its solution is to reduce our freedom.

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