Gridlock, you miss the point, entirely, FRiend.
This is just the next step in the govt. more closely monitoring the law abiding citizens.
I have an old Social Security card.
Care to guess what it says on it? I'll tell you:
"For Social security and Tax Purposes- Not to be used for identification"
Now, FRiend...when was the last time you *didn't* use your Social Security number for ID purposes, on a loan, for credit card accounts, etc???
You can't even get a cell phone account anymore, without them asking you for your SSN#.
Follow the logical conclusion: If social security cards were NEVER *intended* to be used as I.D.'s, (and now they are)then do you understand that this is merely a starting point to an eventual conclusion of required ID tags, then *eventually* required ID chips?
Good point. I have an old one issued sometime in the 50's and it has the "not for purposes of identification" on it. When I thought I had lost it and requested a replacement guess what? Of course the replacement doesn't contain that language. I threw the replacement away when I found the old one. Not that it makes any difference...
FGS