re: The value of the Identity Card
Then there is the issue of compartmentalization of your private information. Do I really want the IRS to have access to my Medical records or my driving record, my credit score? Does my doctor need to see that I own firearms? If I belong to the NRA is my insurance going to put me in a different category?
This is where the liberlists and the socialists disagree completely.
The IRS SHOULD, in theory, have access to your medical records, driving details, credit score, so that they can check you are not spending large amounts of money that you are not declaring as income.
Your Doctor SHOULD be aware that you own firearms so that, if you become mentally troubled, he knows to warn people (and take care himself).
It is possible that membership of the NRA is a demographic associated with higher or lower insurance risk. In a free market, the insurance conmpany should be entitled to know this, IF it is significant.
It always amazes me that US citizens see the bad side of the "big brother" aspect of data freedom, and seldom the good side. Maybe you have a specific history where you have seen this bad side in action? In Europe, there have been plenty of totalitarian governments, but never such a deep-seated mistrust of information banks.