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Re:USPS In-Person Identity Proofing by bbarnett on Thursday September 21, 2023 @02:28PM (#37601850)
The "Government needs to know all about you" is a technocratic conceit less than 100 years old.

I remember, as a kid, when Canada rolled out the Social Insurance Number, only for tax use! Now it's used for everything.

And later... health cards! Used to be, you'd just wander into a hospital.

Now you need endless id for everything.

50 years only!

It's really absurd.

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Re:USPS In-Person Identity Proofing by zht on Thursday September 21, 2023 @02:34PM (#37601989)
what is your main concern about requiring IDs to do things like obtain health care?
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Re:USPS In-Person Identity Proofing by ComposedPattern on Thursday September 21, 2023 @10:38PM (#37607225)
Everyone deserves healthcare. It doesn't matter who they are.
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Re:USPS In-Person Identity Proofing by beanjuiceII on Thursday September 21, 2023 @11:51PM (#37607623)
True, tho I wonder if there are enough people to provide it
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