(EDITOR'S NOTE: The unfunded mandate by Congress known as REAL ID, with an estimated cost of $11 Billion is not only a corporate welfare program for Bush Cabal insiders, but a back door for a Big Brother style National ID system for the so-called North American Union of the US, Canada and Mexico -- an internal passport program like the former USSR had in place to control the movement of domestic populations. Photo shows "Washington State - Enhanced Dual Purpose Driver's License - Border Crossing Card with RFID chip" )

In 2007, 24 states have introduced legislation to refuse compliance with REAL ID (the federalization of driver's licenses, and other types of ID cards, as well as the linking of all state motor vehicle databases). To date, legislation rejecting REAL ID has been enacted in Maine, Idaho, and Utah; legislation is "pending" in the other states.

"The report says the biggest costs, nearly $8.5 billion, or 70 percent, are those associated with re-issuing all 245 million American drivers licenses so that they comply with the new standards.