[SnakeDoctor]

This’ll be no more an intrusion on freedom than a driver’s license is. You’ve got to show it everytime you’re pulled over, and to cash checks or use credit cards. The Texas Gov’t didn’t use my driver’s license to “end freedom”.

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[rednesss]

Sure. Of course this whole argument is academic. It won’t be long before they do away with ID cards and just go to an implantable RFID chip that you will have to have and they will require all babies chipped at birth. It’s for terrorism and illegal aliens, you won’t mind the intrusion.

[Wonder Warthog]

"This’ll be no more an intrusion on freedom than a driver’s license is. You’ve got to show it everytime you’re pulled over, and to cash checks or use credit cards."

Your regular driver's license isn't linked by computer to a central database in DC. THAT is the danger. The card itself is a non-problem. The author may over-dramatize somewhat, but she's right.