Flying is considered a privilege in the USA, but voting is an inalienable right. I would personally love if the government issued an ID card to every single pe

Flying is considered a privilege in the USA, but voting is an inalienable right. I would personally love if the government issued an ID card to every single person with minimal friction, but that's not what happens in practice. Requiring a specific government-issued ID has become politicized and there are enough people who can not reasonably jump through the hurdles of proving who they are (eg. birth certificate gone when their house was destroyed, no permanent residence, students move to a new state in September and are not able to get their new state ID by early November). > and implement this Also, it's worth mentioning that even if REAL ID were not extended this year, it would still be over a decade and a half behind schedule. The USA government isn't capable of doing much these days.