You gotta be kidding me, mcjoan. I mean, really. Read Daily Kos & mcjoan get duped by The Hill, part of our country's faux conservamedia.
mcjoan read a story in The Hill and takes it for granted that it is correct??
Did Daily Kos bloggers also believe that death panels and a bailout slush fund were real, too?
Good grief. Read the actual proposal. A national ID card would only be needed to show eligibility for EMPLOYMENT!
There is no requirement to carry it and the proposal clearly states that it is not something you need to carry around and get asked for by authorities.
And I though DK was better than this ... Read the debunking after the jump.
Read the MMFA story debunking The Hill who gratiously daily reprints Republican talking points instead of actual reporting.
From the MMFA story:
The Democrats' proposal is for the creation of an identification card that would be used to confirm employment eligibility. The proposal (PDF) specifically makes clear that's all the card would be for:
The new biometric social security card shall enable the following outcomes: (1) permit the individual cardholder to control who can access their information; (2) allow electronic authentication of the credential to determine work authorization; and (3) possession of scalability of authentication capability depending on the requirement of the application.
Possession of a fraud-proof social security card will only serve as evidence of lawful work-authorization but will in no way be permitted to serve-or shall be required to be shown- as proof of citizenship or lawful immigration status. It will be unlawful for any person, corporation; organization local, state, or federal law enforcement officer; local or state government; or any other entity to require or even ask an individual cardholder to produce their social security card for any purpose other than electronic verification of employment eligibility and verification of identity for Social Security Administration purposes.