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Rep. David Dreier's new bill will not create a new national identification card.
Oh sure, it will add a magnetic identification strip and identifying photo to your existing Social Security card, and you'll be required to present the new card for identification any time you want to apply for a new job. At that point, your prospective employer would then check the identification listed on your card against a national database which identifies eligible employees.
But Rep. Dreier's bill will not create a national identification card. How do I know?
The card will say so! Look:
To offset fears of government intrusion, the card would be clearly marked, "This is not a national ID card," Dreier said.Well in that case...
- Not create.... by Jonathan Dresner (January 26, 2005 at 2:54 PM)
- my bitchings about documents... by Jeanine Ring (January 26, 2005 at 7:04 PM)
- Re: my bitchings about documents... by Kenneth R Gregg (January 27, 2005 at 12:43 PM)
- ID's Mission Creep by Kenneth R Gregg (January 26, 2005 at 4:25 PM)
- (For)Got History? by Henry Bowman (January 6, 2006 at 10:31 PM)
- ID paranoia by Peter K. Clarke (October 9, 2007 at 5:15 PM)
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