> But the fact is that within living memory many American states had local policies of not recording the births of black people, and to this day there are many living black people who can't prove their own citizenship.
It seems like you havent thought this through well enough.
How do the people you metion do other things in life, like get a driver's license, employment, or a bank account?
Besides, if they can't prove their identity today, what would change for them when others get a new id card? Those people wouldn't be impacted.
It seems like it is you who haven't thought it through. There are tens of millions of Americans who are eligible but do not have state drivers licenses. There are tens of millions of Americans with no bank accounts. The underground cash economy is huge.
> There are tens of millions of Americans who are eligible but do not have state drivers licenses. There are tens of millions of Americans with no bank accounts. The underground cash economy is huge.
Yes. But, you don't need to repeat yourself in every post. The point I stated, which you glossed over, is that the people who do not have licenses today will not be at a further loss, when others obtain a national identification. How will today's unlicensed people be harmed when a national id is created?
This entire subthread is about how financial aid for education would be less prone to fraud if there were a national ID card system. That's how the people who didn't have one would be harmed: they would be denied educations.
Why can't they get one? How can countries like India manage it? How can former yugoslav countries manage, when the borders shifted only recently? ...and USA can't?
It seems like you havent thought this through well enough. How do the people you metion do other things in life, like get a driver's license, employment, or a bank account?
Besides, if they can't prove their identity today, what would change for them when others get a new id card? Those people wouldn't be impacted.