National IDs (This is a Rogerian Essay)

Terrorist attacks on the United States have left America with a sense of vulnerability, and have promoted a few radical ideas that in the end may hinder America's freedoms. America, proven through our economy and low statistics of poverty, is the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world. Our economy is the financial backbone of almost all other nations. American scientists have harnessed the power of the atom, in ways that we can use …

…things about America is that we have -the right -not privilege, but the right to speak out against such ideas as this. I imagine such legislation as the Patriot Act being passed in hasty reaction, but a National ID is something that should be deeply thought about. It would infringe on American's right to privacy and would not be cost effective. National IDs could be the funnel through which this country becomes a totalitarian society.