I am against a national registry that compiles state information to do an end run on the need for a national ID Card.
Further, Social Security Cards are not a form of ID. They merely document your Social Security number. Another ID is used to verify who you are.
So the separating is there. Does the federal government abuse this? Certainly. Should it? I don’t believe so.
If I show up at an airport, what difference is it who I am? Isn’t the important thing that I don’t have anything on me to cause a problem?
IMO the Homeland Security procedure at the airport has very little to do with actual terrorism, and more than anything else to do with tracking your movement.
In coming years, I think this issue will loom a lot larger. ID Cards will be tied to other things, and will eventually be something that can be used to cut off your rights, easier than turning off a light switch.
These are incremental steps. I don’t like the pathway.
“I am against a national registry that compiles state information to do an end run on the need for a national ID Card.”
I am sure that all Americans are already on a national registry. The illegals are not. Anything is subject to abuse, but if an ID card, perhaps with an expiration date, is necessary to flush out all the illegals, so be it.
BTW, I haven't seen my SS card for decades but I do remember it said on the card that it was not to be used for ID purposes(or words to that effect).