http://www.bloggernews.net/114751 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sat, 26 May 2012 03:02:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/114751#comment-270654 RFID Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:25:10 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/114751#comment-270654 The price of traditional passports is being kept artificially high because they really don't want you to get them - they would much rather you get an "enhanced drivers license" instead, which is a state drivers license with a RFID chip in that can be used as a passport. This effectively outsources a lot of the passport demand that they were responsible for creating, while also meeting one of the initial goals of REAL ID, which was to created RFID chipped drivers licenses. The price of traditional passports is being kept artificially high because they really don’t want you to get them - they would much rather you get an “enhanced drivers license” instead, which is a state drivers license with a RFID chip in that can be used as a passport. This effectively outsources a lot of the passport demand that they were responsible for creating, while also meeting one of the initial goals of REAL ID, which was to created RFID chipped drivers licenses.

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