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Originally Posted by RustyBattleship
Just watched the news tonight. And my wife screamed that she may as well be back in communist Hungary.
We will be FORCED to acquire a new identity card (starting in May even though some States are against it) in addition to our driver's license, social security card, passport, work badge, whatever.
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Perhaps your wife could take a deep breath, calm down a little bit, and look at the facts of the situation before she declared the US a totalitarian dictatorship.
First, it's
not a new identity card. It's a driver's license, just like the driver's license you currently have, only with standardized security features, some of which your current license may already have. It will replace your current one, not be held in addition.
Second, states don't have to start issuing these until 2011, not May, and third, you're not being
forced to get one at all, ever, if you don't want one. You do know that there are plenty of people that don't possess a license in this country, and manage fine, right?
And fourth, all of the information you provided when you got a license is
already fully searchable public information. The level of privacy is affected not one whit.