Comments on: Did A National ID Card Kill The Immigration Bill ? http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/29/did-a-national-id-card-kill-the-immigration-bill/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:11:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joshua Holmes http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/29/did-a-national-id-card-kill-the-immigration-bill/#comment-30978 Joshua Holmes Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/29/did-a-national-id-card-kill-the-immigration-bill/#comment-30978 <i>[S]tarting on May 11, 2008, Americans will need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments or take advantage of nearly any government service.</i> I don't really see the big deal with this, outside of the extra layer of bureaucracy. I already need an ID card to do any of these things. Heck, I needed to have to forms of ID to open a basic checking account in my hometown, where half of the people there know who I am anyway. We gave up being a society based on honesty and trust a long time ago. [S]tarting on May 11, 2008, Americans will need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a bank account, collect Social Security payments or take advantage of nearly any government service.

I don’t really see the big deal with this, outside of the extra layer of bureaucracy. I already need an ID card to do any of these things. Heck, I needed to have to forms of ID to open a basic checking account in my hometown, where half of the people there know who I am anyway. We gave up being a society based on honesty and trust a long time ago.

]]> By: Robert Standard http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/29/did-a-national-id-card-kill-the-immigration-bill/#comment-30975 Robert Standard Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:10:23 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/06/29/did-a-national-id-card-kill-the-immigration-bill/#comment-30975 Of all the aspects of this immigration bill to focus on, you pick the most obscure? C'mon. I doubt any Congressman or Senator even gave a thought to this aspect of the legislation, with their phones ringing off the hook in opposition to amnesty. How about some commentary on what really matters: the amnesty provisions. Of all the aspects of this immigration bill to focus on, you pick the most obscure?

C’mon. I doubt any Congressman or Senator even gave a thought to this aspect of the legislation, with their phones ringing off the hook in opposition to amnesty.

How about some commentary on what really matters: the amnesty provisions.

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