# National ID card?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-id-card/840399>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-id-card/840399 "2019-09-17T20:24:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-id-card/840399/41 "2019-09-19T11:12:30Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> Less expensive, my ass, even before you account for income differential. And if by “better” you mean “faster” excuse me while I ROFL. As for identity theft oh, it happens…

It is certainly possible I have been misinformed on that point.

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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-id-card/840399/42 "2019-09-19T14:10:10Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Real ID is a stupid racist idea and so is this. The only reason is to hurt minorities, those that dont have the money or records to get one of these. And so they wont be able to vote, making the GOP happy and they become second class non-people.
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> This is a racist Republican Jim Crow idea.

But Jim Crow laws were brought to us by the racist Democrats. Why would the Republicans steal their idea?

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-id-card/840399/43 "2019-09-19T14:31:30Z")

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> [@jasg](#):
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> Facial recognition will not be stopped.

Which is really unfortunate; because it doesn’t work all that well.

It’ll improve over time, most likely; but I doubt it’s ever going to be perfect.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-id-card/840399/44 "2019-09-19T18:19:21Z")

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> [@Fleetwood](#):
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> But Jim Crow laws were brought to us by the racist Democrats. Why would the Republicans steal their idea?

Are you being sarcastic but forgot the emoticon?😕

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