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I have an ID, but that is because I am a moderately wealthy suburbanite who likes to do international travel every once in a while.
If you live in an inner city where it is often expensive/pointless to own a car, and do not travel it is very reasonable to believe you would not have a valid ID. I college I knew a bunch of folks who, while wealthy, were from cities and had never bothered to get a drivers license and probably would have serious trouble with voter ID laws if they existed in North Carolina.
Pretty hard to do anything in life without an ID, so I assume your wealthy friends never leave their homes?
No cigs, no booze, no airplanes, no checks, no credit cards, they can't do anything. Now I feel sorry for the wealthy...
Amazing what stories people will tell and expect to be believed. Hiding behind that computer screen doesn't keep the BS from showing...
Pretty hard to do anything in life without an ID, so I assume your wealthy friends never leave their homes?
No cigs, no booze, no airplanes, no checks, no credit cards, they can't do anything. Now I feel sorry for the wealthy...
Amazing what stories people will tell and expect to be believed. Hiding behind that computer screen doesn't keep the BS from showing...
No cigs (none of them smoked), and buying booze became a problem when they reached 21, I don't think I ever saw one of them use a check (really who uses checks these days), and most of the time they, and I, have used credit cards no one asked for ID. You would be surprised how well people can do without any of the things you listed, especially if they have other people to drive them and go on beer runs for them.
They did have passports, (which helped with buying booze and airplanes) but passports do not prove address or residency in a particular state and are only allowed as voter ID in some states. With that said a huge number of folks that are not wealthy are not going to have passports because passports cost money and the likely will not do any international travelling.
Last edited by Randomstudent; 08-19-2012 at 01:46 AM..
Pretty hard to do anything in life without an ID, so I assume your wealthy friends never leave their homes?
No cigs, no booze, no airplanes, no checks, no credit cards, they can't do anything. Now I feel sorry for the wealthy...
Amazing what stories people will tell and expect to be believed. Hiding behind that computer screen doesn't keep the BS from showing...
My husband didn't have a photo ID for over 12 years, didn't need one because he was disabled and didn't drive. And this might shock you but lots of people---us included---never buy booze or cigarettes or use credit cards and all our health care providers have known us for years and never ask for IDs until very recently.
My husband didn't have a photo ID for over 12 years, didn't need one because he was disabled and didn't drive. And this might shock you but lots of people---us included---never buy booze or cigarettes or use credit cards and all our health care providers have known us for years and never ask for IDs until very recently.
And, nowadays, you have to have one in many cases to cash checks, you have to have one to fly, many employers want to keep a copy of your ID on file, etc.
In fairness, I did think of someone who I knew who did not have an ID. I had a roommate in college whose driver's license was suspended and he temporarily did not have a driver's license because of that. He could have gotten a state ID card and he did talk about doing that, but I don't think he ever did. He did have a student ID card the whole time obviously and that meets the requirements of voter ID laws in some states.
But that still costs money. If you're poor you aren't likely able to spend $30 on an id that you can't eat for dinner.
I had to vote yes because I do have a drivers license with my picture on it. My state has managed to keep DOJ from coming after it because the state allows those who don't drive to get the ID by just going to the license issuing people who take the picture and issue an ID free of charge. Poor old Eric Holder just can't find anything wrong with those laws.
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