> Or, we could start with giving a National ID to whoever currently has a Social Security card. That sidesteps the whole issue you’re describing and still solve

> Or, we could start with giving a National ID to whoever currently has a Social Security card. That sidesteps the whole issue you’re describing and still solves the problem of how Social Security Numbers are not secret. It does not because we fundamentally have enough fake social security numbers based identify theft to still create a two class system except this time there's zero guarantee that the person who should get the ID will have it and not his or hers "counterpart" My wife got IRS notification that she already filed taxes a few years ago when she attempted to file hers. It was because someone has been using her identity. That person did not get arrested. Rather there are now two people running around the country with her SSN - her and not her. Oh and they are still filing taxes as her. Year after year. She just needs to use a special code now to separate her return from an imposer return