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| 2005-01-27 |
| On walking, quacking, swimming, and crapping like a duck... Rep. David Dreier's new bill will not create a new national identification card. Oh sure, it will add a magnetic identification strip and identifying photo to your existing Social Security card, and you'll be required to present the new card for identification any time you want to apply for a new job. At that point, your prospective employer would then check the identification listed on your card against a national database which identifies eligible employees. But Rep. Dreier's bill will not create a national identification card. How do I know? The card will say so! Look: To offset fears of government intrusion, the card would be clearly marked, "This is not a national ID card," Dreier said.Well in that case... |
| Posted by:mojo |
| #6 Mag stripe - ha! Hope the (non-national ID) National ID contains a smart chip. Then the data in it can be digitally signed by the Feds. Make it a whole lot harder to either alter or counterfeit. |
| Posted by: AJackson 2005-01-27 11:52:21 PM |
| #5 Not a bad idea as long as you scoop up everyone who doesn't have one and deport them. Drop repeat offenders off the coast of Canada. |
| Posted by: RWV 2005-01-27 11:39:41 PM |
| #4 Not only no more multiple dipping (eventually), but you'll actually have to be a citizen to get those bennies. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-27 9:51:10 PM |
| #3 I've slowly moved over to the "OK" column, too. My biggest reservation is still the possibility of it being used too broadly. I realize no law will be able to stop the spread of its use, but maybe put a ten-year expiration on it. Or, heck, a Constitutional amendment saying that any law establishing a form of national identification expires in ten years, and that any use beyond immigration, verification of eligibility for employment and voting is forbidden. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-01-27 9:29:03 PM |
| #2 I no longer fear a non-counterfeitable nat'l ID card. In fact, I'm now for it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-01-27 9:20:56 PM |
| #1 What about those who get bennies? No more double/triple dipping????? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-01-27 12:57:53 PM |