[pionar]

> The fact that we do not have a standardized national ID easily available to everyone is embarrassing.

Surely that's hyperbole. State IDs are pretty standardized, and even more so with the REAL ID system (if the mandates for it ever go into effect). When have you ever had a problem using one state's ID in another state?

[yurishimo]

It makes coordinating your information across many different service providers much more efficient. Here in the Netherlands for example, I can use DigiD to login and pay my taxes, pay for health insurance with a private company, authenticate to my pension plan and a ton of other things.

I cant vote with my Texas ID in Wyoming. A passport might be sufficient to vote in a different state for a national election but I’m admit that I’m not 100% sure on that.

Every government agency in the US doesn’t know who I am without me telling them. And even then if they fat finger the number I could be in for a world of hurt until someone realizes.

[corncob15]

I can vote with an out-of-state driver's license in Pennsylvania, it just means that I have to provide a signature to them instead of it getting auto-populated from my driver's license. I'm pretty sure this should be the case in any state.