Posted on 04/11/2014 6:45:44 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Democrats embrace adding photos to Social Security cards By Juliet Eilperin and Karen Tumulty, Published: April 10
As Republicans push for new voting restrictions around the country, a handful of Democrats have coalesced around an impromptu idea: placing a photo on Social Security cards.
Former U.N. ambassador and civil rights activist Andrew Young who chairs a nonpartisan voting rights group called Why Tuesday? buttonholed President Obama and two of his predecessors in Texas this week in an effort to win their support for the concept. Former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter endorsed the idea, while the White House declined to comment.
Its just an idea whose time may have come, said Young, a former Atlanta mayor who was in Austin to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential library. What were saying is, everybodys got a Social Security card. But with all of this identity theft going on, its a good idea to have your picture on it.
The proposal drew praise from some election experts but also prompted immediate concerns on both sides of the political spectrum highlighting the controversy that still surrounds voting rights issues.
Some voter advocates said requiring such cards could still put poorer Americans at a disadvantage, while conservatives such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) argued that it could pave the way for a new form of national ID.
This is a really bad idea, Paul said in a statement. The Social Security card is only supposed to be used for Social Security benefits. This idea would make it easy for the federal government to convert the Social Security card into a national identification card.
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The leftist control-freaks are trying to turn a Social Security card into a National ID card.
It’s one more way for them to express their hate for middle class Americans.
giving the general low IQ of poll workers a legal resident but non-citizen could vote with a social security card.
My card was issued 51 yrs ago, I look a bit different now.
NO! We need to go the other way and phase out the use of “social security” cards. This is a national I.D. card in all but name, and it didn’t happen until the 30’s..If the founders didn’t have National I.D. we shouldn’t have to have it either!
So let me see if I understand this. I get my photo added to my social security card then I use it as an ID and show it to people who can easily memorize my SS# and then open credit card accounts in my name. Smart
How do Obama voters get their very important and valuable Obamacare without a picture ID You know HIPPA rules and all.
I’m surprised That RATs would go along with, this would be in effect a national ID card and their excuses that people don’t have government picture ID for voting will go down the drain. Children are required get a S/S number with the have to get multiple picture ids as they grow up.
The current cards are just paper.
While photo on SS cards is practical, imo, it remains that the states have never delegated to Congress, via the Constitution, the specific power to establish a spending program like SS.
The impeached BJ was talking about draconian voter ID laws states have passed in Austin yesterday. Now the dims love FEDERAL ID laws. Kind of ironic...
People who are in this country on ANY kind of work visa apply for and receive Social Security cards.
Because while they are working her we sock them for FICA taxes.
Is a major sore point with most of them. Paying into a system they can never draw out from.
No Runt Paul the ACA does that very nicely along with everything that is knowable about you.
No, no can't be stopping all those acts of love now.
The easier way is to compromise the software that stores the biometric information.
People showing up to vote illegally is old hat, all you have to do is control the voting machines. Corruption is very hard to control when a major part of the government is involved in it.
So true. Our chances just decreased exponentially again. There is definitely a pattern.
FTA: As Republicans push for new voting restrictions around the country...
Liar.
That’s racist!
RACIST! DISENFRANCISMENT! THROW IN MORE LIBERAL PAPBLUM!
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