Why can't we have a National ID Card / Drivers License?

Question

I think having a National ID Card / Drivers License would enable us to curb illegal immigration, at standardize highway laws across the US.

(please, no mark of the beast crap....)

Answer 1

Aside from any mark of the beast crap...

We are the United States of America. A united grouping of states formed into a country. When we were originally created, all of the power belonged to the individual states with the federal government serving as more of a figure head. As time has gone by, the federal government has taken more and more power until the rights of the individual states amount to almost nothing. Having a national ID card would give even more power to the federal government. We already have passports to leave the country and social security cards.

Answer 2

I thought we had it in some way with the Drivers License and State ID Why would we need another ID to carry around they have all our info on the back of the strip.
With these Id's and enforcing the Labor laws by going after the Companies that hire the illegal immigrants. Stop letting them get Gov. funds or Benefits
The illegal immigrants will stop coming

Just think America First

Answer 3

We can't because there are some things that are the right of each individual state to decide, and driver's licenses are one of them. Any more now, states are cracking down and making it more and more difficult for illegals to get a driver's license.

I'm not sure what you mean by standardize highway laws... if you're talking about speed limit, etc., I don't see how that would work. There are probably lots of open streches of highway out west where a higher speed limit would be alright, whereas here in the midwest (for example) a high speed limit would be extremely dangerous.

About the only "national id card" available is a passport, because no matter what state you live in you, you have to submit specific items in order to receive one. Of course, that's mandated by the federal government.

Am I rambling now? Probably, since it's 2am here in corn country!

Answer 4

There's no reason why we can't have a National ID card. In a way we already do through Social Security. However, Americans in general are inherently suspicious of government (deservedly so). I believe most Americans are afraid of additional government monitoring and/or intrusion into their personal habits, much less their private information. Much like the Social Security number, a National ID system would be used by healthcare agencies, travel companies, credit bureaus, financial instituations and even everyday merchants to identify you as you.

A National ID card system would make it even easier for the government to keep tabs on you, profile you, keep a history/dossier on you. With the inexpensive and virtually unlimited storage capacity offered by today's hard drives, your life's history could be stored, cataloged, analyzed and archived for later use without you even knowing what was being stored about you. It would not take much for a corrupt government official or one of his/her cronies, department or bureau to use that information against you.

This kind of abuse is growing in countries that have much more expansive monitoring systems like the U.K. Many citizens there are becoming more concerned about their government's near-constant monitoring of their lives. With the elitist neo-Socialist Parliament over there running the show acting to do "what's best for the people", the resentment is growing, and may come to a head here soon.

Needless to say, nobody here wants to move even closer to what's going on there...I'd prefer to keep my identity as anonmous as possible.

Answer 5

Look what happened in the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation. The Dutch goverment had a file card for every citizen with religious affilitation noted. Bye bye everybody with "J" for Jew on their card. Even if a latter day ID card did not mention religion etc., computers would enable fairly accurate "profiling".

Answer 6

I think that gives the government too much power to go after a few people that they don't go after anyway!!

Are they next going to have checkpoints and ask for papers like they did under Hitler in Germany????????????

Keep the government out of my business!!

I guess you have never read the Constitution! This is a Representative Republic where most rights are suppose to reside with the states! They all have Constitutions as well, and mine says I have an obligation to overthrow a corrupt government!!

I have never seen so many people who don't know that freedom resides with thr people! Giving it back to the government makes the meaning of millions of lost lives WORTHLESS!!

I just write it off as ignorance as most of you don't have a clue about what you are doing and have absolutely none about history, even ours.

Bunch of Lemmings!!

Answer 7

No, i do no longer think of our government has lost "THEIR" suggestions. to start, i might argue that it is not a breach of privateness. each state has an identity gadget, what difference might it make if it became into on the federal point? We already have social protection numbers, which detect us on the federal point, so how might this be distinctive? additionally, a "passport" isn't used broadly speaking for identity in the rustic of foundation, yet its use is broadly speaking for worldwide holiday. the ecu Union has an identity card which transcends the obstacles of each member u . s .. the income of a nationwide identity card could be the centralization of tips. What you're offering with an RFID is a slippery slope my chum. i'm beneficial which you think of suggestions administration gadgets might persist with RFID? you may additionally artwork on singular/plural contract. in any different case, you sound much greater ignorant.

Answer 8

Because we believe in states' rights and have from the beginning.

Living in Montana, I don't think my driving laws should be the same as in New York or Florida. Allowing each state to set these laws accomodates differences in geography and lifestyle.

Answer 9

There are many uses of ID cards that would benefit a population. There are also many uses that would benefit a snooping dictatorship government.

Answer 10

If its free, sure.