Everyone is concerned about the cost,
New federal security rules for issuing driver's licenses could cost $11 billion to implement, raising concerns among states about paying for the changes, according to a national survey of states released Thursday.
but there hasn't been much debate over the substance of the issue, which will turn our driver's licenses into de facto national ID cards. Granted the government wants to watch our for terrorists and even illegal immigrants, but this is a big step with potentially enormous implications. There will be information encoded on the licenses -- exactly what, we don't know yet. That will be up to the Department of Transportation and Homeland Security.
