But who's foolin who there: Compared to all of the power that the Federal Government already wields, this would be very minor.

I would think that it should be more of a libertarian issue that the government can and does already pour all over your family's personal financial situation at tax time and then ask for all kinds of private financial and personal information at census time. Compared to that kind of intrusion into your privacy, a national ID card would be minor...

The benifits would far outweigh the privacy negatives: A national ID system would help us attack a lot of other problems like people who travel from state to state getting several drivers licenses to avoid a history of disobeying drunken driving laws, speeding tickets, and even things like child support payments, or sex offender registry...

The door is wide open for many (including terrorists) to abuse the system. 9/11 changed my views on the subject.