Sorry but it is bullshit, utter bullshit. I listed just 10 examples in everyday life where an ID is required. The list is a lot longer than that. The argument that people can't get IDs is bogus. Again - the only people against voter ID laws are libtards because it would restrict their ability to cheat in elections. That is a plain and simple fact if you pay attention to who opposes voter ID laws when proposed. And we all know why.
Originally Posted by berryberry
And I countered that with the fact that you're comparing things that people don't have a right to do with something that they do. Like if we really need to look at it one at a time we can. Here's your list.
Buy Cigarettes - Not everyone does this every day or even at all in their lives
Buy Alcohol - Not everyone does this every day or even at all in their lives
Open a Bank Account - I'm hoping I don't blow your mind with this, but the venn diagram of people who don't have a photo ID and people who don't have a bank account is probably pretty close to a circle.
Apply for Food Stamps - This is going to vary from state to state, but you don't necessarily need a photo ID to apply for SNAP benefits. There are many other avenues you can take to prove your identity in this case.
Apply for Welfare - A Photo ID is required for a Welfare Application in like two or three states, other states may require some form of proof of identification, but it doesn't have to be a state issued ID.
Apply for Social Security - I think you mean applying for a Social Security number here, which I mean would be a pretty specific situation for an adult to be in. As far as I'm aware a state issued ID isn't actually required to receive benefits. I think you just need a record of your number, your birth certificate, and your tax information for that.
Apply for a job - Sure you might need one to get a job, but you don't need to maintain a valid ID to keep your job either.
Apply for unemployment - Actually while a state issued ID will be helpful for applying for unemployment, it isn't required. It's just heavily preferred.
Get on an airplane - First is not an everyday thing, second this is a pretty big fucking luxury. Do you think people who don't have the means to get a state issued ID are really hopping on a lot of planes?
Get married - I mean sure? But you're only doing that a few times in your life at the most and zero at the least, and you aren't just like divorced by the state if you don't get your ID renewed.
I've already said this, but again, all of these things are not a right that we have as citizens. Maybe marriage is the closest to that, but like you don't have a right to be married if no one wants you right? In fact when I looked them up just now a good handful of those don't even require a state issued ID in many states. These just don't seem like good justifications for limiting individual and state rights to me. You can go on and on and on about why the "liberals" or whatever are against voter ID laws, but I'm telling you why I am against them. Does my ass look like that Crypt Keeper Nancy Pelosi? I'd hope not. I feel like I have some legitimately conservative opposition to something like that honestly. My problem isn't with who would be cut off specifically, or some super-secret-but-out-in-the-open-nefarious-cabal plot. My problem is that I disagree with a move like this that would put restrictions on the rights of people and states to do their constitutional duty.