The five points don't hold water (Score 1)

Point 1: Dead cops Right. Nevermind the research somebody would have to go through to find out who these people are, assuming that the undercover folks weren't hidden by some means. This isn't going to change the security of this. Point 2: Stolen identities Um. This is happening now. A national ID will not make this any easier (or harder). Point 3: Government Spying True, it makes it easier for the government to track people. So what? They're already tracking anybody they need to; this just makes it a little easier on them. Point 4: Papers, please. Too bad Mr. Unreal failed to mention that the democratic countries of Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain all have national ID card systems in place. Again, so what if Big Brother has an easier job of tracking us? Point 5: Unsafe Roads. So, illegal immigrants, who are breaking the law by being here, will try to get a driver's license and risk exposure right now? That doesn't make sense. They will still get the same driver's training (or lack of it) that they got before. If they got forged driver's licenses before, guess what? They'll find forged national ID's now. This point is probably the silliest one of the lot. So, basically, other than some privacy concerns, the National ID Card idea is probably a good one. The privacy concerns are real except that anybody with a reasonable amount of paranoia and understanding of today's world doesn't expect a whole lot of privacy anyway.