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Comment How about no (Score 1) 232

This wasn't a good idea the first time someone proposed this. Or the second time. Or the 5th, 10th, whatever.
Having ID that I may need to hand to a city/state/federal official, that lives on my phone...is a complete non-starter.

You get the little plastic thing in my wallet. You do NOT get all of my contacts and other information as well.

Comment Re:The Mathematical Case for..... (Score 1) 480

Yes, I get that. But generally, there are many, many other places to 'save/invest' $2 week.
Blow off Starbucks once a week.
Let up on the gas pedal 100 yards earlier on the morning drive.
Reduce the pizza guy tip a little bit, once a month.
Give up a vending machine candy bar twice.

Reduce your monthly internet connection plan.

Unless you are seriously, obsessivly, pinching the pennies....$2/week is trivial.

Comment The Mathematical Case for..... (Score 1) 480

...Some BS that everyone has read 18 times before.
Yes, the Powerball is 175 million to 1 against winning, being $15 million or $450 million. The odds don't change. There are only so many numbers.

But so what? The cost of 'a' Powerball ticket, $2, is trivial. If $2 really makes that much difference in your budget....even $2 a week, every week....then you do not need to do it, whatever the percentages say.

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