> Second, we have a national ID already called a passport. That’s valid ID in the US and issued by the Federal government. I have one and so far the Feds haven’

> Second, we have a national ID already called a passport. That’s valid ID in the US and issued by the Federal government. I have one and so far the Feds haven’t come for me while I’ve slept or thrown me into whatever lies at the bottom of this slippery slope argument. Am I missing something? "I did X and bad thing didn't happen, therefore bad things never happen as a consequence of X." > Third, what makes the Feds worse than my State government? Scale: 330M persons versus 1M - 40M persons. Also: budget, legal authority, known illegal abuses (Florida never tried to render a citizen to Gitmo). > What stops Florida or New Mexico from turning State ID databases into a surveillance tool? Not sure about NM, but FL has, as have many other states. (In NM, I think the ABQ police just shoot first and identify later.) > Is it possible we really have 50 slippery slopes to deal with? 50 states + 1 federal, yes. > Again, I don’t understand where the fear is. Mass surveillance of citizens, invasion of privacy, you know, things like that. It doesn't have to turn into a Chinese social credit score for things to get bad.