I’m so happy other people think this too!!! No one trusts the government, but usps is still offers pretty good privacy. I want mandatory acceptance of a gov issued ID, but at the same time i want to be able to use things anonymously.
Getting the government involved in this is the only worse idea than delegating to 4 major corporations. It should be delegated more broadly and users should have more options not less.
It's obvious that government is already involved with everyone's identification.
This is analogous to the argument that government shouldn't be involved in "the free market", when the market is actually defined by the laws that regulate it.
Let's just call this the "Texas Delusion"...
Governments can be changed by democratic processes, corporate decision making is completely inaccessible to the public.
Do people really think life would be better if goggle just ran everything?
The US government should step up it's game.
An individual's identity financial transactions should NOT be determined by holding an account at one of 4 mega-corporations.
We should work towards something in this direction: https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-identity/id-card/