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Yet bank accounts typically require at least a copy of state-issued ID to open, all without national ID! Part of the resistance to national ID is also a questi
by cat199 9y ago
Yet bank accounts typically require at least a copy of state-issued ID to open, all without national ID!
Part of the resistance to national ID is also a question of federalism - we do not officially have a 'national government' - we have a 'federal government', even though in practice it is hardly federal anymore.
- turk184 9y agoThe Real ID Act establishes a national identity whether we want to admit it or not--states have to knuckle under. That the Federal Gov doesn't have some central database doesn't make it any less of a de facto national ID. Also, now that you must have one to fly (or a passport) we're inching ever closer to that police state. I didn't have to be this way--we can see from the Equifax and OPM incidents that all this data aggregation is as dangerous as anything else. I support aviation security, but not all the big government, police state add-ons that are there mainly to increase the profits of major political donor corporations.
- jmcs 9y agoYou don't need national ID if every state issues a real ID document. There's no European wide ID but national IDs of all EU countries are accepted everywhere by law and it works.