If you're in the US, you already have a national ID. The SSN. Because everyone uses it like that. This would just be a much more secure way of having a uniqu

If you're in the US, you already have a national ID. The SSN. Because everyone uses it like that. This would just be a much more secure way of having a unique number for your person. And if keeping citizens secure is not the job of the government and thus paid for with taxes, then what is?