Cynical power grab by Oklahoma government -- all Driver's Licenses and ID's are now produced out of state!

In November of 2022, the Oklahoma government, under the aegis of Service Oklahoma, pulled all the DL equipment out of all the 300 tag agencies in Oklahoma. The reason? Centralization of power, and cost savings, accruing from savings on licensing of all this equipment. Since then, all Driver's Licenses and ID's have been manufactured at an undisclosed factory location out of State, mailed to the DPS office in OKC, and then mailed to Oklahoma residents at their listed addresses. Of course, this has resulted in considerable inconvenience for all residents of the state. And, the government doesn't really care. If you do not receive your Driver's License or ID in the mail, why, you can just put your money down again, and hope you have better luck next time, the state government takes no responsibility whatsoever for the mails. In the meantime, while waiting for your credentials, you have a piece of paper with your name on it, that most agencies simply will not recognize as proof of identity. And, even this piece of paper has an expiration date of 30 days, by which time you may, or may not have received your credential. Now, of course, the state government is thinking of all the wonderful things they can do with all the money they're saving here. Why, they could probably have thousands of tag agencies in the State! Every village in Oklahoma can have its very own tag agency! After all, they don't cost anything to operate anymore, no training or licensing or equipment required! Of course, the don't DO anything either, but, hey, Oklahoman aren't really too bright, right? So, Oklahomans won't be able to figure out that they're really being screwed, as usual, by the government. At least, that's certainly what the Oklahoma State government is certainly hoping. Now, of course, there is a simple and reasonable solution here, and, I strongly suspect, the government will eventually figure this out. Rather than totally eliminate all on site production of credentials in the state, they could reduce licensed DL production equipped agencies proportionately to the amount of money they want to save. So, by retaining 30 such fully equipped agencies, instead of 300, they could make this option available to all Oklahoma residents, and still reduce costs by 90%. And, in consequence, the congestion created by bottlenecking production at a single out of state facility, would be much reduced. Sure, people might have to wait on lines if they want "express" same day production of credentials, but, many people might feel this is worth the time. Better than waiting and the uncertainty of having it mailed somewhere. So, this is really a matter of simple bureaucratic incompetence on the part of the Oklahoma state government officials and representatives. How unusual, right? And, if these people genuinely start to feel that their incompetence and arrogance might make them unelectable and unemployable in future, why, they might actually change their ways, and do their jobs right. So, let's start complaining! And, let's start making these people know that we will remember their incompetence, and their arrogance!