Just last night I was talking with TFJ about how I’m going wobbly on national ID cards here in the States. My wobbliness mostly stems from immigration. If we’re going to step up enforcement on business which hire illegals — and we should — than businesses need a bright line about what counts as legal documentation and what doesn’t. We already use social security numbers as our national ID number, so having a new card with that number — or something similar — with our pictures on it doesn’t freak me out. As a matter of principle, I find it distasteful and I’m sure there would be real downsides to such a thing, but that’s the way I’m moving. Haven’t made up my mind completely, though.