A National ID Card

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Originally posted by Undertoad
I've met people who believe that SSN is optional (probably), that driver's licenses are unconstitutional (probably not)... even people who believe that the federal income tax is entirely voluntary (definitely not). Some of these people have completely opted out of the system. Once in a while the system coughs one of 'em up and prosecutes the hell out of them to try to make a point.

From what I've seen, they work the system in their various ways, and mostly stay afloat by playing the bureaucracy against itself.

Mostly they're also too dirt poor for the system to bother with. After all, the system doesn't really care if you drive around without a driver's license (ask the Phila city council), but they do care if you don't pay your taxes... but not if your total income is near zero and the sum total of your property is one broken-down 1973 pickup truck.