Funny thing.
I recently had to go down to the SSA office to update my wife's social security card from her maiden name to my name. It took four hours for them to resolve our problem.
Half of it was my fault because we brought a copy of the Marriage Certificate instead of the original. But man, talk about inefficiency.
A patchwork of 50 state ID's is much worse, as it's easier to exploit and there is no central database.
We are already using SSN numbers as national identifiers for employment, we just aren't verifying the data, that's the problem.
I get you, on that also. I try my best (when possible) to avoid interacting and being at the mercy of any level of government bureaucracy. Glad you got it worked out, and hope you can avoid further interactions. Congrats on the marriage thing. We have not had to fool with any of the legal changes associated with that change in almost 50 years, come January.
The Social Security card is a form of national ID, and I realize this. It is simply a shitty one, not updated to modern standards since inception. I am a conceited, reasonably private American. The idea of a required national ID, reminds me of some foreign war movie of some military sergeant with guns insisting, he must see your papers.
Possibly, I am just too paranoid and what is best for me, simply will not work for the country as a whole, especially in regard to non-citizens living in the country, anymore.
I routinely carry all kinds of ID. Voter registration (useless) debit card with chip, credit card with chip, driver's license with photo "Real ID" no chip, retired military officer's ID, TN/DHS. weapons carry permit with photo ID (no chip). One more, or a change to one of the ones, I have would really cause me no problem. It is just something unsettling about a required national ID. I cannot even say, it is anything more than an emotional response to the idea of a national ID. I can't help but admit, what we have now, does not work well with any security or efficiency.
