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Subject: Re: The passport rush Posted on: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:51:41 PDT

In article ,
"Frank from Deeetroit" wrote:

> "Tom K" wrote in message
> news:buoJg.59$6z5.41@newsfe12.lga...
> > If the govt wants us to have passports, why don't they just issue one to
> > each of us?
> >
> > I don't see what's so complicated about that.
>
> Simple, one has to pay for the passport, a passport is not needed for any
> other purpose other than to prove US citizenship when crossing the border
> into another country that requires a passport. The only ID the US Gov't
> issues to us is a birth certificate and a death certificate.
>
Birth and death certificates are issued by the local and/or state
government. Feds don't have any dog in that particular hunt.