Because other countries also make a single, uniform, national ID a right that citizens receive for free or subject to nothing more than a small processing fee (which can be waived according to financial need). The United States, in contrast, has a national
standard for ID (RealID and/or the requirements for a passport, depending on how you count), but has not chosen to provide the
means to such standardized identification to everyone, as policy.
I would support such a policy, but as implied by the other responses here, some Americans would, out of bad faith, oppose a universal, standard citizen's ID if it meant that ID requirements could serve to divide the worthy from the unworthy.
I would support such a policy, but as implied by the other responses here, some Americans would, out of bad faith, oppose a universal, standard citizen's ID if it meant that ID requirements could serve to divide the worthy from the unworthy.