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Old Jun 19, 2013 | 8:26 pm
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Originally Posted by GaryD
Even with our recent slide downhill, I never thought I would live to see this.

When I was a kid, we could always call this a "free country" because, well, we could leave whenever we want, unlike those poor souls in Soviet Russia or East Germany.

Now, if a foreign country is willing to allow us to enter without a passport, our own country might stop us from doing that.
This is a joke isn't it?

Requiring a passport to travel is hardly a major issue.

iirc, as a US citizen there isn't an absolute "right" to a passport and the Government can withold issuance on certain grounds
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