“Sounds good, but my only question to you is: In order to make all of that work, it would take a National ID Card, and that means that YOU would have to show it for all of those transactions, too.
Are you willing to accept a National ID Card?’
Its my position the Social Security Card is already our ‘national ID card’. Verifying a SSN number costs less than 45 cents per check. And it takes, literally, seconds to do so.
Ditto with State Driver's Licenses and IDs. In some states, they will give them out to illegals. (We can't have someone who is in this country illegally, flaunting our immigration and work laws, break our Motor Vehicle Code, now can we?)
I know that there is the "uniform document act" or some such that is suppose to require states to make their Driver's Licenses and State IDs more secure, but that is still a state by state thing, and as was shown here in Michigan, Secretary of State workers will still sell lawful IDs to illegals for a few bucks. Therefore you cannot trust the validity of a State ID.
Combine the illegal immigrant problem with the airport security problem, and we are heading towards the day when we will be required to carry a National ID or Internal Passport.
Now, where did I put my tinfoil? My head is getting cold...