Yet.

You can say that about absolutely anything, therefore by itself it's meaningless.

You are right, but at some point there will be a new generation of politicians and the promises will be lost to the old generation.

It's going to be many decades before plastic cards go away, or the government is going to get really annoyed with old people screwing it up.

I have until October 2020 to replace my State ID with one that the US will recognize for flights. Luckily I can still use my passport for 8 more years instead of ponying up $35 to replace it right now.

My point is the government can and will make your life a pain.

Real ID is completely different from this, it's totally unfair to compare the two.

I'm not comparing the two, I'm comparing the roll out of the services.