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Re:Sanders wants to replace credit reporting companies with ... by belltaco on Sunday September 22, 2019 @02:14AM (#21039944)
>96% of Americans have a cellphone and that require an ID

Citation that cellphones need an id?

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Re:Sanders wants to replace credit reporting companies with ... by trevyn on Sunday September 22, 2019 @04:28AM (#21040290)
They don’t. Maybe OP is thinking about postpaid plans?
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Re:Sanders wants to replace credit reporting companies with ... by asabjorn on Sunday September 22, 2019 @05:43AM (#21040502)
Looking into it seems like only postpaid need ID, and it is hard to come by statistics on post vs pre paid. However, bank accounts require an ID [1] and only 6.5% of the US population was unbanked in 2017 which demonstrates the same point.

"If you don’t have a U.S. government-issued SSN or ITIN, some banks and credit unions will accept a passport number and country of issuance, an alien identification card number, or other government-issued ID number."

[1] https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/can-i-get-a-checkin... [2] https://www.fdic.gov/householdsurvey/

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