How does it reduce your individual freedom and liberty to require passports for domestic flights? Or to open a bank account? As it is, you already have to show some form of government issued i.d. What difference does it make if it is a federally issued i.d. vs. a state-issued i.d.?
A lot of countries, such as Switzerland, with just as much if not more individual freedom than ours, require passports for things such as domestic travel, bank accounts, and the like. There is nothing inherently Soviet or Nazi about this practice.
How does it reduce your individual freedom and liberty to require passports for domestic flights? Or to open a bank account? As it is, you already have to show some form of government issued i.d. What difference does it make if it is a federally issued i.d. vs. a state-issued i.d.?
Having a necessary document that is controlled by the Federal Government gives federal bureaucrats one more element of control over the citizen. Mandating a Federal ID for air travel and bank accounts could well lead to requiring it for interstate travel and other commonly accepted activities.
You might not object to going to a bureaucrat with hat in hand, but I do. I do not believe in sacrificing liberty for the illusion of safety.