A National ID Americans ignore at their peril such matters as the promulgation of national IDs. For the day may come when markets will fail, confidence will falter, enemies will be arrayed against our nation, and technological innovation will be smothered under the stifling weight of big government. Then, if we allow potentially calamitous freedom-compromising legislation such as national IDs to pass unchallenged, we will find ourselves and our all-encompassing federal behemoth to be ripe for exploitation by totalitarian demagogues. Stopping the national ID card now will be a significant measure in preventing such an evil day.