What are the pros and cons of a national identification system?

Question

What are the pros and cons of a national identification system?

Answer 1

Theoretically, a national ID would be more secure and standardized than some state-by-state system.

The cons -- cost to the states to change their systems.  Also there are privacy concerns.

Answer 2

I dont like it period! I have nothing to hide Big brother is allready involved to much!

Answer 3

The pros...you can track illegal residents.

The cons...illegal residents who are decent residents are persecuted.

Answer 4

Con: national identification not fits globalization and it is bad for US government, because it makes some tiny problems in unification of the world under US control.

Pro: national identification allow nations to develop in their own way, which may be an important part of world development and progress. If all nations will be united in one, it will slow down the progress.

Answer 5

Cons: Government has access to all your information, and can find and track you almost anywhere.  One step closer to Big Brother.

Pros: None.

Answer 6

There are no pros, only cons...thats what it is you see a con job.

Answer 7

if they are stamping or tatooing a number on your forehead, then that's pretty creepy (con)

if you could find criminals easier, that would be nice (pro)

Answer 8

My question is, What is the real reason behind it? and would that reason really be affective? and would our driverslicense be on it to? or would that be just another thing in our wallet?

And how much is it going to cost us tax payers?

Answer 9

Cons, loss of more rights.

Pros, help in finding illegals in this country.

Answer 10

Cons - There are none. You are already tracked from birth by the social security number that was never to be used as identification.

Pros- Keeps criminal aliens at bay. Prevents their skimming off US taxpayers. Keeps hospitals from bankruptcy. Keeps schools open and funded. Makes moonbats, welfare cheats and voter frauds crazy.