Question to Kuttner: And we use that card to verify a person's identity when they show up to vote? And if someone doesn't have an national ID card we deport them? Oh, I thought not.
I would agree that we need a National ID Card .... but ONLY when we want to vote - or if we need something that has costs borne by other citizens.
I shouldn't have to show a National ID card at anyone's whim (read police or other) .... but if I had one and wanted to show it, it might help me get through airport security faster, etc. (I already have a "national ID Card" - it is called a military ID, and it has a chip on it that has biometric data, including my left and right forefinger prints. That military ID sure does help me more than a driver's license does.)
But anyone wanting to get welfare or other handouts (often called by liberals "entitlements") - should be required to prove that they are who they claim to be - with a national ID card. No illegal immigrants claiming anything. No citizens creating 2nd and 3rd identities and double or triple-dipping at the welfare teat.
Mike
Hell no, we don't want to marginalize our criminal classes. How else would we ensure a Democrat majority in the Merrimack Valley?