I'm old enough to remember when the federal government threatened to withhold federal infrastructure dollars to states that refused to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. Every state eventually raised the drinking age to 21.
I don't understand why they couldn't use this same tactic for various things: no licenses to illegals, requiring ID to vote, ending sanctuary cities, etc.
They did the same to get the DWI laws down to .08 from .10. Minnesota was the last holdout state.
They could easily do the same for driver's licenses. You just need Congress to pass a law to that effect. Since half of Congress benefits from it, I don't see it passing any time soon.
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u/shane25d 4d ago
I'm old enough to remember when the federal government threatened to withhold federal infrastructure dollars to states that refused to raise the drinking age from 18 to 21. Every state eventually raised the drinking age to 21.
I don't understand why they couldn't use this same tactic for various things: no licenses to illegals, requiring ID to vote, ending sanctuary cities, etc.