[[Socialist]]s allege that Black's and minorities are too impoverished to pay for current state issued driver licenses and ID cards, yet many of these same states are controlled by Democrats who would then be effectively charging a [[poll tax]] while it is completely within their power to issue state identification on a sliding scale or even for free. Even the [[European Union]], whom Democrats repeatedly cite as the model of [[social democracy]], requires voter ID to participate in elections. | [[Socialist]]s allege that Black's and minorities are too impoverished to pay for current state issued driver licenses and ID cards, yet many of these same states are controlled by Democrats who would then be effectively charging a [[poll tax]] while it is completely within their power to issue state identification on a sliding scale or even for free. Even the [[European Union]], whom Democrats repeatedly cite as the model of [[social democracy]], requires voter ID to participate in elections. |