They used to be a characteristic feature of police states. Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, North Korea, Red China, the Soviet Union, all issued ID cards, and woe betide the citizen who failed to produce his ID when stopped by the police. In America we have always taken pride in an open society, we don't have citizen's ID cards. When social security cards first came out they were marked "Not for Identification Purposes" just to emphasize that they were for social security benefits only.
Well that's faded out. Driver's licenses now have color photos. You better have yours on you should you get stopped on the road. You need to show ID to board an aircraft. You have to show ID to get a job. And now, we are moving toward demanding ID in order to vote. The democrats are pushing back against this, claiming that many citizens lack photo ID. This I doubt, everyone has a driver's license. The majority feels voter ID is a good idea to prevent voter fraud. Which it probably is.
But, I kinda like the old ways, when we didn't have to show our papers all the time. When we put in voter ID we are telling citizens, get ID if you want to vote. It's a step toward a police state.
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