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Tr&mp Poll Tax Favored by Many
What is the cost of the Save America act for a woman? We asked Perplexity a few questions.

R: Estimate the "all-in" cost of a US passport for a woman who has no driver's license or birth certificate, has been married three times with consequent name changes, and has no utility bills or credit cards in her current name.

P: (I've condensed the responses. —R)
Adding everything together:
•Passport book + execution: 165 dollars.
•Birth certificate: 25–35 dollars.
•Marriage/name‑change documents: 30–80 (up to 150) dollars.
•New state ID/driver license: 50–100 dollars.

Total ~$480

R: Modify to assume the worst case of the highest-cost state documentation.

P: Adding everything together with the new constraint:
•Passport book + execution: 165 dollars.
•Birth certificate: 25–35 dollars.
•Marriage/name‑change documents: 30–80 (up to 150) dollars.
•New state ID/driver license: 50–100 dollars.
Using the worst-case scenario this rises to as much as $700.

OK, let's assume she actually has a trip planned?

R: What is the price of the least expensive round-trip flight to a foreign country outside North America and not bordering the Caribbean available on June 1, 2026?

P: (Response was wishy-washy due to lack of firm destination, so I used Seattle-Montevideo (a place on my bucket list).)

P: About $900 to $1,200 suggesting a budget of $1,000 per person.

Net result: So the novice traveler would pay $1,400 to $1,700 for the passport and the trip.

Conclusion: If she has no travel plans, then the purpose of the document is to allow her to vote, making this a $700 POLL TAX!, which has been specifically outlawed by the US for about 50 years. At that time the highest poll tax was $2.00 in Mississippi. In constant dollars that's about $20 today. So the Tr$mp Poll Tax is (20/700) or 14 times as high. Go MAGA!

Apologists for the Confederacy are no doubt thrilled that Tr$mp has come through for them, good ol'boy that he is.

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