Unfortunately in the US it’s a nonstarter because of the perceived privacy issues. People cannot wrap their heads around the fact that we already have a mandatory national ID, and therefore oppose what they see as the creation of one.

The core argument essentially boils down to the fact that they never use their social security number, therefore it’s not an id. Which is obviously incorrect for a number of reasons, but here we are.

The only real solution here is for the problem to get so bad that the angry majority overrules the loud but uninformed nut bars.