Reply #22: Never carry your SS card around...

[Feron]

if somebody steals your wallet then identity thieves will have all they need for a nice shopping spree.

I honestly don't know what i will do if there is a National ID card.

The only point of a National ID card would be to harass legal citizens. They certainly won't slow down terrorists because some of the 9/11 hijackers managed to fraudently obtain driver's licenses. It is not unimaginable that these people could also illegally obtain legitmate IDs. Just imagine if the goverment used biometrics and somebody stole your identity and replaced your fingerprints/retinal scan with theirs. If Ted Kennedy can't get off of a no-fly list, that doesn't bode well for the rest of us.


The best part about a state ID or a driver's license is that they are voluntary. If i think that they are too intrusive, then i will find another means of transportation and give up alcohol. No such choice with the goverment.