[traditionalist]

I'm not sure how the passport requirement differs from the existing drivers' license requirement, except that my passport cost about $200 to get. (On an expedited basis, granted, but you'd need that in any event if one was needed to work).

I'd institute the requirement in stages. First, announce that in 2 years time, passports will be required for domestic air travel. Then announce that they'll be required to open bank accounts. Finally, announce they'll be required to get a job. By the time you reach the last stage, everyone will have already gotten one, so no need for the expedited fees.

[hchutch]

For doemstic air travel?

That is unconstitutional. Look up the Lemuel Penn case.

[4Freedom]

I've been an advocate of the passport as a national ID for a long time. It's an easy solution to the whole identification problem. That's why the RINOs don't like it.