Do you think the supposed convienences are worth the losses in freedom?
2006-08-11 16:25:23 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
With this card, check-in points are expected.
2006-08-11 16:30:11 · update #1
By convienences i mean tied in bank account information, instant proof of citizenship, etc.
By loss of freedom I mean the requirement of carrying it around and not being able to do simple things (riding a bus, seeing a movie) without it.
2006-08-11 16:45:46 · update #2
Absolutely Not...
"Those who would give freedom for security deserve neither."-Benjamin Franklin
2006-08-11 18:31:33 · answer #1 · answered by RATM 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The national ID card would be implanted with an RFID chip. It would have all you information on it. All a person would have to do is have a scanner and drive sown the street and get info on everyone he drives by. It would be very useful during protests. Just scan the crowd and the government would know who was there.
2006-08-12 02:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by ggarsk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's OK with me--but only as long as it doesn't take the form of, for example, a microchip placed somewhere in my body, it doesn't have a built-in tracking device, and if there is no requirement to carry it on ones person at all times.
2006-08-11 23:34:01 · answer #3 · answered by Cyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how much information they need. For myself personally, I dont have a drivers lisence or a current passport, so something like that would be great for me as I have no photo ID. If it meant I could use it in place of several other cards (ie medicare/health care) then I would find it very useful - but my only concern would be how much information they would need.
2006-08-11 23:30:53 · answer #4 · answered by kingpusskitten 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that will just be another freedom checked off the list. Just like your SS # was never to be used as an identifier. Now my son's school wants not only his SS # but a copy of it. When did this happen. I refuse to give it to them.
2006-08-11 23:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by Camping Chick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we're so caught up in our rights we don't clearly see that anything having to do with securing the country is a good thing. We need to stop being so negative and if we need to carry an extra ID WHY NOT specially if it means that my family and Friends and myself are going to be 0.1% safer
2006-08-11 23:32:42 · answer #6 · answered by nickless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems like from Washingtom they are always searching for a change. They should just leave everything the way it is. We have far more problems here in the U.S than worrying about a national IDcard.
2006-08-11 23:30:41 · answer #7 · answered by Lore 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What supposed convienences are those??? oh... you mean the inconvienence of reducing the risk that some crazy as$ fool will unleash his/her personal agenda on me or my loved ones? The inconvience of living my life a little more freely? It would only be inconvienent if you have something to hide. do you???
2006-08-11 23:34:05 · answer #8 · answered by smart mouth 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We pretty much already have one. It's called a passport. The same argument can be made for a driver's license, since they can now swipe it and get more information than just what's on the front of it.
2006-08-11 23:28:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it borders on a violation of the tenth amendment.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
2006-08-11 23:28:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would this effect our freedoms? It wouldn't. National ID would just be another waste of money. They'd be easy to forge, and wouldn't do anything but add to confusion.
2006-08-11 23:28:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋