do think the National ID card would be a good idea to have. One reason I think it is a good idea is that you possible don’t have to send off for a passport. You have already been identified as a US citizen with the National ID. As a military member we have an ID card that have a lot of information on it. It requires use to us a pin number to access the information on it. This National ID card could be a plus for a lot companies and people who elect to have one. As I was reading the required reading those that approve of the National ID card think it would result in less discrimination based on race, ethnicity. I do disagree on that statement. Just to the fact that discrimination will probably grow even more if a person elects not to get the ID card. I could see people having an issue of losing this card. At what age would one be required to have this National ID card? There are kids who will hold jobs as a juvenile and those who will be driving as well. I think would give the US a better sense of security for the US. Do to if the ID card has a unique number to it. You will be able to better scene people as they are traveling out of state or the country. Again I do think it is a good idea, and then again it may be a lot of issues as well as benefits of having the ID card. Private industry might also begin to use one’s card for purposes such as credit reporting and market research. And, to be effective at all these tasks, a national ID card would have to consolidate terabytes of information about Americans into a central data storage repository. Misuse or abuse of this information is a real possibility, especially if the personal identifiers on the card become linked somehow with highly sensitive information such as medical records or ethnic and religious affiliation. (Murphy, L. W. 2005) With the way the government is handling Private Information now a days. I believe there will be a lot of people who would oppose of having this National ID card based on have too much information on it.

Reference: Murphy, L. W. (2005). Chapter 67 – Principled prudence: Civil liberties and the homeland security practitioner. In D. Kamien (Ed.), The McGraw-Hill homeland security handbook (pp. 1045-1062). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.