I think we should have a national ID card. Most US (and UK) citizens are opposed on civil liberties grounds.
The reason I support national ID is principally that I think that voter registration should be automatic and mandatory.
Also, while I am not convinced that voter fraud is a significant problem, I do think that the Republican voter fraud fraud is and mandatory universal ID is one way to stop their important dangerous campaign to re-institute a poll tax by another name.
Also I think that most US citizens who want to keep their identity private are runaway dads and that it is very important to nail them.
Also I live in Italy, so I find mandatory ID non threatening. This is partly Italy specific. I lost my Italian green card equivalent and haven't bothered to pick up the replacement because nobody ever bothers me. I am pretty sure I was an un documented alien for a year, but nobody was rude enough to make it clear to me whether I was or was not.
Some support a national ID card as a way to prevent employment of illegal immigrants. I consider this a bug not a feature. I am, in fact, absolutely opposed to exclusive citizenship as a birth right as I am opposed on principle to all birth rights.
Does make it ironic that I find common ground with Tom Tancredo no ?
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