It is interesting to me that we don't have a national ID card in the USA. I don't appreciate strong arguments against them. Like on this list by the ACLU...
>> Reason #2: An ID card system will lead to a slippery slope of surveillance and monitoring of citizens.
I think "they" are already monitoring everything I do. Maybe this would have mattered more to me before I had a smartphone, passport, bank account, social media accounts, etc. If I wanted to live off the grid with no electricity & only using trained ninja squirrels to buy things with unmarked bills on my behalf, I would certainly not want to be forced to into having a national ID card. I'm not advocating monitoring. I just feel a national ID card wouldn't be much different than my current situation.
I don't see most of these issues in European countries with ID cards. Anyway, you need to have a way to identify citizen for practical purpose anyway, if it's not an ID card, it's going to be something less reliable and prone to errors.
https://www.aclu.org/other/5-problems-national-id-cards
>> Reason #2: An ID card system will lead to a slippery slope of surveillance and monitoring of citizens.
I think "they" are already monitoring everything I do. Maybe this would have mattered more to me before I had a smartphone, passport, bank account, social media accounts, etc. If I wanted to live off the grid with no electricity & only using trained ninja squirrels to buy things with unmarked bills on my behalf, I would certainly not want to be forced to into having a national ID card. I'm not advocating monitoring. I just feel a national ID card wouldn't be much different than my current situation.