# TSA require your U.S. driver's license to have a star to fly in 2020...

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**Created:** [May 25, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-require-your-u-s-drivers-license-to-have-a-star-to-fly-in-2020/834496 "2019-05-25T06:38:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-require-your-u-s-drivers-license-to-have-a-star-to-fly-in-2020/834496/100 "2019-05-27T03:42:25Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> I find this attitude incredibly loathesome.
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> A large percentage of people just don’t have the same documentation as you.
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> In particular women. I have a sibling that’s been married 4 times. So to satisfy the federal numb-nuts that means copies of 4 marriage licenses and 3 divorce decrees. Paying money for each.
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> And that assumes these documents can be gotten. Stuff gets lost all the time.

Then why does my 89 year old aunt have her birth certificate?

Also, if you were to get pulled over for a traffic violation, and Officer Friendly asks for license and insurance, do you think you can float by saying “stuff gets lost all the time”?

I think not.

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