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**Bud Helms** · January 26, 2013, 10:53 AM

Once and for all, it is a poor comparison. We don't have a renewable license good for five years that shows we passed a background check. The closest thing is a security clearance for gov't employees.

Some companies are requiring a background check, but I never heard of a handy little card to prove it. Your driving license must be surrendered to the law for inspection on demand.

As has been stated here, driving is a privilege and every American should know that since it is probably on every driving license test in the Union.

The difference between a privilege vs. a right negates the similarities that invite the comparison.

January 26, 2013, 10:53 AM	#75
Bud Helms Staff Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 12,907	Once and for all, it is a poor comparison. We don't have a renewable license good for five years that shows we passed a background check. The closest thing is a security clearance for gov't employees. Some companies are requiring a background check, but I never heard of a handy little card to prove it. Your driving license must be surrendered to the law for inspection on demand. As has been stated here, driving is a privilege and every American should know that since it is probably on every driving license test in the Union. The difference between a privilege vs. a right negates the similarities that invite the comparison. __________________ "The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion." - John Lawton, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists in 1995 Last edited by Bud Helms; January 26, 2013 at 11:01 AM.