Comment on FR Doc # E7-03870

public comment on federal register of 3/7/07 vol 72 #44 rin 1400-ac28 pg 1095 22 cfr part 51 public notice 5712 passports l. a personal visit to get a passport should ALWAYS BE REQUIRED. NO MAIL IN APPLICATIONS FOR PASSPORTS. 2. THE FEE FOR A PASSPORT SHOULD BE INCREASED BY ONE THOUSAND PERCENT. WHY SHOULD THOSE WHO NEVER TRAVEL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE FEW WHO DO TRAVEL BETWEEN COUNTRIES. THE FULL COSTS OF THIS SHOULD BE BORNE BY THE TRAVELERS. THESE PEOPLE COULD NOT TRAVEL IF THEY WERE NOT WEALTHY AND WELL ABLE TO AFFORD PASSPORT FEES. 3. appointing so many different agents to give passports is the height of folly in trying to have a secrure country. the post office IS NO PLACE TO GET A PASSPORT. IT IS THE MOST INAPPROPRIATE PLACE I CAN THINK OF. THE COUNTY CLERK SHOULD NOT BE ISSUING PASSPORTS. SHE HAS NO WAY TO CHECK ANYTHING AT ALL. VERIFICATION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. I THINK PASSPORTS ARE BEING ISSUED FAR TOO EASILY. THE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT AND INEFFECTIVE AND NEGLIGENT AT PRESENT. THIS NOTICE DOES LITTLE TO NOTHING TO MAKE SURE PASSPORTS MEAN SOMETHING. AT PRESENT THEY ARE AS EASY TO GET AS TURNING ON A WATER FAUCET. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY STUPID AND DANGEROUIS TO AMERICA.