Real ID is mandatory: RFID is "Optional" The RFID will only be mandatory in IDs that can also be used for passports and it will be optional "if RFID is not available." There's also a matter of functional range and whether or not they can actually fit power supplies on these things.
I'm trying to stay optimistic, but I have to say I'm dissapointed. Time to get the state legislature passing laws like they have in Texas.
Real ID is mandatory: RFID is "Optional" "Optional" for who, you(fat chance) or the government? Just like social security was only supposed to be up to $3,000, Hillary's health care plan is only if you don't already have insurance, the AMT was only supposed to affect 20 families.
It's like "targeted tax cuts" all that means is "you ain't gettin' one." I hope you're right, but I don't believe bureaucrats when the say it'll be good for me.