Oh, I see it- I know someone who was opposed to masks and vaccination until after he got it and then, his son's father in law died from it. Then, he went full 180 and gave me a big chunk of shyte for not being vaccinated while I was waiting for the results of a COVID test. He did it again later and has begun shouting at people when he disagrees with them, something I don't remember him doing in the more than 40 years we have known each other. Yesterday, he went on a "saying that workers are hard to find because people are being paid to stay home is a Republican thing" and after the other person in the conversation said that workers were hard to find then talked about an Oregon Asparagus farmer who couldn't get workers through the Mexican border because Trump screwed everything up. He REALLY hates Trump. I watched an interview with the farmer- he said he pays $16/hr, which shows that people don't want to work, not just that migrant workers can't get there. I asked where all of the workers went who were laid off or lost their jobs because the place where they worked closed, but he just switched and went on about Trump.
One of the first claims in the ACLU crap says that government IDs cast money. That has been addressed by many states- if someone can't afford it, it's free. It then goes on to say "Even if ID is offered for free, voters must incur numerous costs (such as paying for birth certificates) to apply for a government-issued ID."- that's not 'numerous' and a birth certificate can be free, too. If someone is far from some gov't offices, it's likely that getting the forms and having a notary stamp and signature is sufficient. However, I would ask why they didn't have some form of ID if they're of adult age. They can't cash a check, LEGALLY buy liquor, drive, get a library card, receive SNAP or other government benecfits, GET A JOB, go to an adult-rated movie or do a lot of things that people do on a regular basis, disabled or not. If they have been disabled for a long time, how would they receive medical care?
When I went to the polling places for the first time in those areas, I needed to bring an ID or, if I didn't have one, some other proof of residence like a utility bill. ANYTHING that proved an address- the first time was over 45 years ago, so I don't remember exactly what I needed but some of the same people still work the elections......
We now need to take a card that shows we have been vaccinated for COVID- IIRC, I needed to show my ID when I was tested and when I went for my shots.
If it's so damned hard, why doesn't some agency go to the rural areas with buses to take people to the places where they can get the cards, or handle it on a town to town basis? Complaining and doing nothing to help- yeah, that will get it done. There are ways to do this but I haven't seen anyone mention any- they just like to bitch about it.
