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“I think our concern is that right now if you have a poor or working poor person in the state that is of the age of 18 to 64 they have to pay a fee of $20 for an ID, but yet you can be convicted by a jury of your peers, either for a felony or misdemeanor, and you get a free ID. I was wondering why this legislation wouldn’t include a free ID for those who are poor or working poor, of limited means, so they would also have that same benefit that we’re allowing those who have been convicted in that state of Illinois?” said state Sen. Andrew Chesney.
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Democrats claim, without evidence, that people shouldn’t have to show an ID to vote, because it’s too hard for blacks to get one….
I think the dollar cost for this would be relatively small.
Anyway, Illinois has a budget surplus, doesn’t it? If not, taxpayers won’t mind higher taxes, I’m sure. /sarc
Questions:
1. How many inmates don’t have drivers licenses? Why not? Are they “migrants”?
2. What is so hard about getting a state ID?
3. How does having an ID prevent recidivism?
4. Is this a Democrat scheme to generate ballots for vote fraud?
I smell a rat/rats!
It gets worse. Unlike illegals, I’m expected to pay for a hotel room and my cell phone and meals and medical care and car insurance and plates and…….
Reward bad behavior and penalize good behavior.
Welcome to the Democrats way of doing things.
If the goal is to prevent recidivism, we should be helping them stay out of jail, and paying a $20 fee for an ID card, in the scheme of things, is not a big deal.
Not until you factor in the argument against requiring ID to vote, then it IS a big deal.