They're about 30 years too late.
Good intentions though :)
..what a waste, so many illegals could have used them
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Mine still says that.
northeastern pointy-headed liberal activists alert.
I must have blinked. When did anyone hear about the RealID act?
"A government which abuses and therefore fears its populace needs to be able to track them at all times."
Could it be that a government that needs to find a way to combat infiltration by illegal immigration and wants to diminsh voter fraud might want a similar type of system?
"...Free State activists from Keene..."
Keene is a liberal barking moonbat bastion. You can hardly walk through there as a conservative...they can smell your contempt and disgust the way dogs and bees smell fear...:)
Throughout the 20th Century, that was indicative of the worst of gov't oppression. Free people didn't have to prove their legitimacy on demand by gov't agents.
Now it's suddenly a given in the US. WTF?
The only way to weed out the illegals is a national ID swipe card into a national database. Better than having the country overrun with parasites.
"When Social Security was first foisted on America, the cards were imprinted with, "Not to be used for Identification."
Someone needs to tell that to the DMV and schools.
I grow orchids. I wanted to buy some dormant Pleione bulbs this fall. One of the few nurseries in North America that has a large selection of these bulbs is in Canada. In order for me to receive these orchid bulbs, I would have to give this Canadian nursery my Social Security number for "customs clearance".
I have bought numerous items from foreign countries. Never before has any foreign business required my US Social Security number. (Nor has any US company required a SS#, for that matter.)
Its insane, when you consider all the concern about "identity theft" these days, that I should have to give my SS# to a foreign company, and have that number on the package pass through countless hands before I receive it.
Neddless to say, I did not make this purchase.