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I'm curious why such a universal ID hasn't been implemented? I would assume there must be some people against it, what would be their rationale?

The ACLU opposes it for a number of reasons [0]. A lot of objections relate to the potential for surveillance.

Sadly the surveillance ship has long since sailed :(

I'd trade a federal ID for dismantling all the domestic spying.

Thanks for the link. Some of the issues raised definitely have the potential to be problematic.