I do support a NATIONAL standard for the issuance of STATE ID's [...] ... and I also believe it should be VOLUNTARY.. I am just curious. How could a "national standard for the issuance of state ID's" possibly be "voluntary"? I cannot envision what you are describing.
If you pass or enact a "national standard" for state IDs, that part is not so voluntary (for the states). Or do you mean "voluntary" in the same sense that the state ID's - driver's license, usually - are "voluntary" for people? (I.e. "voluntary" unless you actually want to drive a car anywhere, or live any sort of normal life....)
But even that doesn't sound to "voluntary" to me in the first place, except in a highly technical sense.
No offense, but it just seems like supporters of this or that ID card plan like to throw in the word "voluntary" just to make it sound more palatable, when in reality it has no basis in fact.
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Thank you for taking the time to respond to my post.. As you are obviously aware, A drivers license IS the most common form of ID, and as you correctly stated, it is not REQURIED, unless of course you want to drive...
I support the standarization of drivers licenses, ISSUED BY THE STATES, NOT the Federal Government, this would prevent a person who has a LONG history of offenses in one state from simply moving to another state and getting a "Clean Slate".. I see this often, and I think that it is important for us to create a system that does not make it so easy for people to have numerous "identities".
I know this view will cost me a few votes from my libertarian friends, but I think the benefits of such a system outweigh the "anti-privacy" claims..
David C. Osborne (For U.S. Senate in 2004)
David