You cannot make me believe that any national ID would stay voluntary (in the true sense of the word) for very long. How long until they just want to see your "voluntary" ID for buying a new home or applying for a new job or new credit card or any other number of things? It's no longer voluntary at that point since you'd be at a disadvantage not to have one. And no matter what the intent (like say, oh, social security) it can be warped by any new administration that sees it fit to do so.
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