"-=jd=-" wrote in message
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Good gravy! Count up all the pieces of ID that you have. A partial list
of
mine includes, but is not limited to: DOD-CAC card, driver license, pass-
port, soc-sec card, medical insurance card, corp ID, credit card, library
card, membership cards, etc... The only negative impact I can see is that
it will make it harder to lie about who you are until you figure out how
to
compromise the format...

-=jd=-


jd,

Count up all the ID you had when you turned 16 (or 18 or whatever) and went
to get your drivers license. Most people have MAYBE 2 pieces (birth and
baptismal certificate), a large percentage have only a birth certificate.

The problem with RID is that you will have to somehow magically come up with
four pieces of ID in order to get the first one.

To obtain a passport generally requires birth certificate and drivers
license, at the very least. So you won't have that to show to get your
drivers license. Social Security cards are not accepted as ID. Nor are
library cards. In some cases, student ID cards have been accepted as ID to
get a drivers license, but not in most states, and RID is pretty much
putting the nix on using anything like that as ID to obtain a DL. Most don't
have DOD cards, and minors don't have medical insurance cards, corporate ID,
membership or credit cards. Most of those are not acceptable even now as
legitimate ID for obtaining a DL.

They're opening up a can of worms that I'm sure will incur the wrath of all
50 states (especially given that the states will now have to use the
additional time and manpower to verify each of those four pieces of ID for
each person applying for a new or renewal D/L). Not to mention I'm sure the
ACLU will plunge headlong into the fray.