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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that, as of today, a Real ID would be needed to fly anywhere in the country. This has been coming for ages now, but there are still a lot of people very upset about it.
I’m mostly ambivalent on the topic myself because I didn’t have a choice about getting one, but many screaming about them seem a tad selective in their outrage.
See, there are a lot of arguments against this out there, but one is that these requirements are burdensome and problematic for poorer Americans.
Of course, as someone who has lived more than a little lean in the income department a good chunk of my adult life, I’m not entirely sure where poor folks are flying to and from, because tickets on flights aren’t exactly cheap most of the time.
Yet there’s something else that seems to raise some questions about that line of reasoning, and that was framed pretty well by Second Amendment attorney Kostas Moros.
Real ID for air travel seems an odd requirement, but I totally support it being required for voting in federal elections.
And anyone who whines about that being too much of a burden that could disenfranchise poor people must first explain their stance on CA or NY CCW policies.…
— Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) April 13, 2025
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