What are your thoughts on a national ID card?

good point

Natural-born citizens are issued Social Security cards and birth certificates, which is sufficient for identification along with a photo ID. To my knowledge, naturalized citizens and permanent residents are issued photo IDs and immigration numbers, anyway. I know this, because one of my parents is a naturalized citizen, and the other is a legal permanent resident. They both have those forms of IDs.

I understand what you are saying, perhaps I am naïve but I don't see how it would discriminate.

LTC (Join to see) - I was trying to make light humor at all the voter id laws/rants and illiegals being allowed drivers licenses talks.........it sounded much funnier in my head.

MSG (Join to see) - I think most reasonable people aren't against voters being asked for identification. The voter ID laws only become problematic (to most) when they are specifically drawn up in a way to influence elections. Things like forcing people to incur costs, travel long distances, seek out obscure documentation, etc., as well as cherry-picking the types of ID that count (Concealed carry? No problem. Student ID? No way) are the types of details that clearly show the intent of the laws. That's when I have a problem with voter ID laws. I'd be okay with a national ID card as long as it was free, made easily available and given to all citizens. While we're at it, I'd also like for it to include automatic voter registration at 18 years of age.

That was my thought as well.

SFC (Anonymous) -
Yes. However you still have to pay for them. I meant this as free of charge.