New national ID proposition

I wish to ask the question, why does the national government need all of us to have a national ID? When has the state's ids failed us?

it would also be really expensive to implement. ideas like this have been proposed here and rejected for lots of reasons. people already have such things as passports and driving licenses for those occasions when they need to show id so something like this is pointless, and puts too much information into one database.

I agree and I hope my State adopts this legislation to make this illegal. I do not believe for one second that this will affect illegal immigrants and getting jobs. Do you really think that employers put them on the books? Goodness, isn't that why they want to streamline citizenship? To protect these people with social security, workmans comp etc. They need to decide. This is so stupid. They do NOT need to know where I am and when I am. If this doesn't go through this year, they will kepp hammering at it. They will find a way around state legislation, come on, they are laughing at the 10th Amendment.

They are not proposing this to control the border, they are doing it to get more power over our movements. I am adamantly against a national ID card, chip or any other identification. If they were interested in controlling our borders they'd put up a damned fence and man it adequately. There are many things this Congress is doing that is unconstitutional. It's become a real problem since 9/11 and thank God the people are waking up and trying to make their representatives listen to them.

It does smack of Orwell. But for what purpose do they want to include biometric information?

I saw Lou Dobbs talking about this last night, and it made me laugh because of all of these right wingers hated this idea years ago, but now "it makes total sense". There is a very simple fix to illegal immigration, but No politician will do it because they are afraid to lose donors. This is just another BS idea that will keep some on the right voting for republicans, and will do NOTHING to stop illegal immigration. I do find it funny how we don't hear much about this problem lately, that is probably because not even the illegals have find a job here.

Have you ever seen the movie The Handmaid's Tale? It's quite bizarre, but some things in it that aren't far from how our society is slowly becoming. It's nuts, but a good movie. I'd really like to get your imput on that, due to your views about today's society.

My state of Florida has implemented the use of REAL ID as of January of this year for everyone who obtains or renews their driver's license or state ID in accordance with the REAL ID Act. I haven't heard or read our state's response to a new national ID which will include biometric information but I do plan to look into this.

I'm not crazy about the idea either. It makes me think of those old World War II or Cold War movies where the citizens had to show their pass before going or doing anything. Also, what ever happened to privacy?

We DO have a national ID. It's called your Social Security Card. Although I do not consider myself to be a religious radical, I do believe that the ID they are going for now is leading up to the mark of the beast, where we will have the little I.D. chips like we put under our dog's skin put on us too. In fact, some children already have these added with the reasoning being if they are kidnapped, they will be findable. What people don't seem to understand is that it will also make you findable when you do not want to be. Just as the new GPS systems in your car or built into cell phones, etc., make you findable no matter where you are. I am old fashioned enough to want only a home phone, no id chip under my skin and no GPS built into my car. If I want a GPS systm, I'll buy a Garmin at Radio Shack.

I'm glad the state's have effectively nullified this trash legislation, but the fight is not over...

Everytime I hear about things like this I am reminded that the prophecy says that the antichrist will prohibit buying and selling by those who do not have his number on their hand or forehead. I know Hollywood has had a hey day with the whole 666 thing, but they've not really told their viewers that the purpose of this number is to control-control-control...any takers?

I heard about this the other day and it was said that it will help control illegal immigration. I really don't see it though. How would creating yet another ID document that they can forge have any affect on illegals? It will just create another black market business producing fake federal ID's. Controlling illegals in this country has nothing to do with any document and everything to do with controlling our borders. We need to police the existing methods of ID, like social security numbers, driver's licenses, passports and visas to control illegals in this country. A national ID isn't about illegals, it's about government control over all of us.

I don't like the idea of a national ID card, but there are benefits to it that I can't ignore. A national ID card will help us with our immigration problems, homeland security, social security fraud/abuse, medicare fraud/waste/abuse, medicaid fraud/waste/abuse, etc. I too am all for controlling our borders, that has to be first. But then what? I think a national ID card, with all its Orwellian drawbacks, might just be a must.

First of all, they have yet to create a card that hasn't been forged. Social security cards, driver's licenses, credit cards, etc. have all been forged. A 17 yr old can get a fake id with very little trouble. So the argument that such a card can't be forged is nonsense. Someone, somewhere, with the help of the net will figure out how to do it. It is so totally unconstitutional. I don't agree with it. It won't help illegal immigration since many people who hire illegal immigrants tend to pay under the table anyway. It should never be done and both Senators should be kicked out of office no matter what party they belong to just for suggesting it.

I do not agree with such info and to be honest i have heard for a few years this is a plan instored for us. I think if they want to control people coming that should not be they should not make it easier for them to be here. Like offering green cards and letting them come over to work and think they will not want to stay here after the fact. This is my opinion on it I guess we will have to wait and see what happens and my hope it NEVER does! HAppy mylotting to you.

The push for standardized national id cards has been around for quite awhile. In part because every state does it abit differently, that many fake id's are made and used for illegal activities. Almost every other country has national id cards so that part doesn't bother me that much. As for the biometrics, that's taking it too far in my opionion. Doubt that part will make it very far. There are too many on both sides that would oppose it. But time will tell.

What is this ID i dont no regarding this sorry my friend