It costs alot to get a Passport. This makes it patently burdensome to travel by air in the USA. This is racist and suppression of air travel.(sarc) How long before traveling by vehicle requires a passport?
If someone can't afford the $55 fee for a Passport Card (plus the costs of the pictures - another $10 - $15) they probably aren't going to be able to afford many domestic airline tickets, either.
That's good for 10 years, then $30 to renew.
So many years post 9/11 and we still can’t figure anything out without putting a torch to the REAL American civil liberties. I just love how everybody else can waltz right on in having free reign to our country.