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[ravel-bar-foo]

Government could provide a national photo ID and develop standards for its secure use as part of regulating interstate commerce. As it stands the US has know your customer laws but allows businesses to initiate lines of credit to people without actual proof of identity.

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I have a national photo ID, its called a passport. There are also rules for federally compliant state ID cards (Real ID).

Not sure the legality on requiring this sort of ID for financial transactions though.