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Passports Required For Domestic Travel In 2016, But IRS Can Revoke Passports For Taxes
Forbes ^ | November 25, 2015 | By Robert W. Wood

Posted on 11/28/2015 3:31:08 PM PST by Swordmaker

Think you only need a passport to board an international flight? In 2016, some fliers better have one to fly domestic, which means they had better be paying their taxes. It now looks as though your passport could be cancelled if you owe the IRS. The Real ID Act created a national standard for state-issued IDs. It hits air travel in 2016. Some states initially refused to comply, fearing that the feds would make a national database of citizens. Others cited high administrative costs and a 50% increase in fees for drivers. Most states are OK, but millions in Louisiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and New York may have to start using a passport to fly domestically.

Those states skipped the stricter standards for state-issued IDs. As a result, the TSA could insist on passports rather than driver’s licenses to board flights. The TSA will accept $55 passport cards and $135 passport books as valid identification. But some advice says that people in Minnesota should get passports by January 2016 to fly domestically. New York has been granted a waiver, so any driver’s license should still work. Louisiana has a waiver until Oct. 10, 2016, meaning that existing driver’s licenses work there too. Ditto for New Hampshire which has a waiver until June 1, 2016.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airtravel; driverslicense; id; passport; realidact; tsa
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To: Swordmaker

Attach a rider requiring a passport to vote and....


21 posted on 11/28/2015 3:50:33 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: MeshugeMikey

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Glad you used the right word “Riot.”

Sick of hearing them called protestors, or activists.
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22 posted on 11/28/2015 3:50:44 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: sauropod

Just like the old Soviet Union!


23 posted on 11/28/2015 3:51:13 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Swordmaker

And has it been asked which passport the Resident Puppet will be using? Does ValJar’s puppet have a US passport or only a foreign one? Inquiring minds wish to know.


24 posted on 11/28/2015 3:53:00 PM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Swordmaker

It is breathtaking how quickly we have morphed into the old Soviet Union.

Reagan famously stated that freedom is always only a generation from being lost.

Reagan was wrong. It took 14 years.


25 posted on 11/28/2015 3:53:14 PM PST by Lazamataz ( If they try firearm confiscation or gun registration, I go ballistic.)
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To: editor-surveyor

protesters make statements....right or wrong

activista engage in some sort of allegedly positive ..action.

RIOTERS ,,on the other hand ...loot, destroy and kill !

BLM wants to burn whitey to the ground and that must be regarded as engaging in riotous behavior.


26 posted on 11/28/2015 3:53:48 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Just like the old Soviet Union!

Yep. It was called a "propiska" if I remember corectly.

27 posted on 11/28/2015 3:54:06 PM PST by SeeSharp
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To: sauropod
IRS Can Revoke Passports For Taxes

So goes the pursuit of happiness.

28 posted on 11/28/2015 3:58:15 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica (How can God bless a country that's BUTCHERED 53 million babies?? Almost as many as ALL killed inWWII)
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To: Swordmaker

Real ID act, TSA and HSA, my god, why do I keep voting for stooges that put this crap into law?

I am just saying we need to clean up around here.

I just get frustrated.


29 posted on 11/28/2015 3:59:55 PM PST by hadaclueonce (I thought Ethanol was the devil, now i find it is America is an Oligarchy)
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To: Ann Archy

It seems these will be the only ones provided with ‘em. They are the majority who will never find themselves overtaxed- unlike the rest of US


30 posted on 11/28/2015 4:00:02 PM PST by V K Lee (u TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP to TRIUMPH Follow the lead MAKE AMERICA GREAT)
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To: Swordmaker

“But IRS Can Revoke Passports For Taxes”

Or for being a member of the Tea Party.


31 posted on 11/28/2015 4:06:18 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: MeshugeMikey

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A nation that runs on “free stuff” can’t afford to run short.
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32 posted on 11/28/2015 4:07:45 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Swordmaker

The TSA will accept $55 passport cards and $135 passport books as valid identification.
= = =
But issuing ID cards for free for voters is too expensive for them.


33 posted on 11/28/2015 4:09:28 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Using 4th keyboard due to wearing out the "/" and "s" on the previous 3)
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To: Swordmaker

Doesn’t this interfere with our constitutional right to travel across state lines? Passports are expensive, I think for some people the cost might be quite a burden.


34 posted on 11/28/2015 4:10:17 PM PST by jocon307
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To: Swordmaker
The bipartisan advocates of this idiocracy demanded fascism with more IDs, and they got what they asked for. The more influential globetrotters (more equal animals) mesmerized the political class with propaganda and got what they really wanted--more easy travel for themselves and more restrictions against commoners. You ain't seen nothin', yet. Much more to come from the hypnotized political herds... People who are more knowledgeable about history and mass reactions (propaganda) can see it coming.

Best of Idiocracy - Welcome to Costco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zNsUTWsOc





They tell you what you want to hear, until they're elected. After that, they will be controlled by their evil constituents in the shadows.


35 posted on 11/28/2015 4:16:14 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in "Idiocracy," example of today's politico.)
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To: editor-surveyor

I think the “Rand” meant was “Ayn.”


36 posted on 11/28/2015 4:16:17 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: FrankR

Just the opposite. State IDs become irrelevant and national IDs become law.


37 posted on 11/28/2015 4:17:03 PM PST by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: Lazamataz

That is a generation using the privileged class in the US—Welfare Recipients.


38 posted on 11/28/2015 4:19:37 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Swordmaker

Really messed up, isn’t it? To fly from Milwaukee to LA you need a passport. To cross the US border from Mexico, you just need dark skin.


39 posted on 11/28/2015 4:20:45 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Swordmaker

Anyone with HALF A BRAIN would have a passport already, given where this country will end up if a Democrat (or RINO) gets elected in 2016.


40 posted on 11/28/2015 4:25:37 PM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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