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| Follow-up: Legislation sets stage for uniform driver's licenses |
| 2004-12-16 |
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| #6 LOL I have my original SS id in my wallet. I really piss the identiy NAZIs off. It's throught the wash and swiming repeatedly. You expect people to look at it and use that to "verify" who I am? It's $%^&ing joke. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-16 5:16:55 PM |
| #5 Mrs. Davis Here in Idaho we are not required to have the SSN on our DL's. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-12-16 5:08:25 PM |
| #4 The American Civil Liberties Union says that such licenses could give the government a way to have citizens carry cards that eventually could be used to reveal a range of private information, including where people go and what they do. I don't see what their beef is. I can't remember the last time I swiped my DL on some reader, so I don't see how data about my whereabouts and doings is going to be accumulated in real time. She notes that the bill would not have prevented the 9/11 terrorists from getting driver's licenses. The terrorists obtained licenses legally, using valid documents, Phillips says. She says Congress hopes the bill will deter terrorists from making fake IDs or using aliases. Oh my. Since when has a law ever deterred a criminal???? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-16 12:02:23 PM |
| #3 Acceptance of social security numbers and/or forged documents to get a DL make the DL a useless National ID card long ago. The same goes for Birth Certificates. Do *you* know what a certified birth certificate from bumflock county Minnesota looks like? Do you know if there even is (or isn't) a bumflock county Minnesota? I think the only real solution (and I am donning my fireproof underware before saying this) is a newly issued National ID card based on good solid evidence much like the current Green Cards. :(( |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-12-16 11:56:20 AM |
| #2 The use of social security numbers made the DL a national ID card some time ago. This is just ironing out bureaucratic details. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-12-16 11:43:51 AM |
| #1 Already in use for years in Ohio. This will reduce the number of forged driver's licences out there, but not those issued based on forged documents or false information. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-12-16 11:13:57 AM |