30 odd plus years ago, I opposed any such National ID card. I was (since ’72) then and now a libertarian, big L also.
I can’t say that I hold to that early position now, WWIV and all. Now, I followed WWII at the time (born ’35), and I knew then that many liberties were ‘constrained’ (not meaning the Japanese internment camps, which should have been avoided). Though the German and Italian nationals (about 10,000 each) were interned for rather good cause.
Some Americans were put in fear of their lives due to their careless talk (yes, 1st amendment talk), in wartime. Some crapheaded Chicago journalist wrote about (and his idiot editors passed) a story about the Japanese diplomatic code being breached by the US. He was first fired and then threatened by the FBI. The editors peed their pants, FDR spoke harshly to their board.
So ID us all in a standard manner. The present system sucks big time.
