You need one to open an account at a bank.
Not an everyday thing, you can function without a bank account. Even if you have an ID to open an account you can lose said ID while having an active account.
If you don't have a bank account, you need one to cash your paycheck.
No, no in fact you don't.
I have needed one for the application process of every job I have had.
I'm going to assume that you're college educated, there are many employers that will hire someone without a state issued photo ID
You need one to check in at the security desk at most federal buildings I've been to.
There are like 5 people in the country that go into Federal buildings as a daily routine. Certainly you realize that most people never have a need to enter a federal building that requires an ID
You need one to drive a car.
How are you not getting this, I'm starting to wonder if you have any sense. People that struggle with acquiring ID aren't going to have cars.
I seriously think that I have to show my id to someone more days than I don't.
None of the scenarios you mentioned is a daily occurrence. You don't open a bank account everyday, you don't cash a check everyday, as a matter of fact I'm guessing you have direct deposit. If you do enter a federal building daily, I'm guessing you use a work ID to enter the building, not a state issued ID. You show an ID when you drive if and only if you get pulled over by a 50. Have your ID with you every moment, you use it very infrequently.
I don't do any of these things every day (other than drive), but I do them all often enough that I end up showing my id to somebody 3-4 days per week. Also, I had no idea you could cash a check without a bank account or id. The last time I tried to cash a check at a bank that I did not hold an account at, I was not only required to show an id, but leave a thumbprint as well.
My God you are sheltered, where do you live? You ever see check cashing agencies?
Check cashing agencies require photo ID as well. No compnay is going to just trust someone in exchange for cash. Birth certs only cost $15. State IDs run $16 and there are dozens of different acceptable forms of documentation that can be used to obtain one. They have your picture on file man, it's really not hard to get a DL/ID, even after having your wallet or purse lost/stolen. There is really no excuse to not have some form of legally required ID. Except laziness, but those people probably won't bother to register and actually vote anyway.
http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/birth.html
http://www.ksrevenue.org/dmvproof.htm
First of all, not all check cashing agencies make you show an ID to cash a check. I can walk into at least half a dozen places in Wichita right now, that I know will let someone cash a check without ID. Can you rough ridin' read? Didn't I say a birth certificate could cost up to $50 depending on where you get it from? Not every person living in Kansas was actually born in Kansas you stupid eff. They don't have a photo on file if you never got an ID, are you even following the conversation? You are talking about replacement IDs, that has nothing to do with this topic, nothing. You keep focusing on money as the only thing preventing someone from getting an ID, I am pretty sure I listed other factors. By the way here is the list of required documents:
1. Certified U.S. birth certificate (federal, state, county, Dept. of Justice)
2. Birth Certificate from a U.S. territory (Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands, and US Samoa)
3. U. S. Passport or Passport Card - not expired
4. U. S. Military ID - not expired (active duty, dependent, retired, reserve or National Guard)
5. Certified Order of Adoption-original U.S. document
6. Certificate of Naturalization with intact photo (Form N-550, N-570 or N-578)or Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (Form N-560, N-561 or N-645)
7. U.S. military Common Access Card with photo, DOB, name and branch of service
8. U.S. government-issued Consular Report of Birth Abroad
The birth certificate is the easiest of these things to acquire.
The issue has nothing to do with laziness, and even if it did so what? Was there a provision about perceived laziness from dumb rough ridin', fat, closed-minded, ass rapists like yourself in the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 24th, or 26th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America? I feel like you are a shitty poster can I have the mods stop you from posting?