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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 ✶❂🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: NeoCons, "Israel!" and Republicans
Date: 03/30/26 2:43 PM
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So...nice try on your part, but no dice: doctors ask to see photo ID when you check in.

Really? My doctors don't always require me to provide one. I just went to a new doctor the other day, and his staff didn't require me to provide a photo id.

I've had to provide ID when receiving treatment in a hospital from time to time, but only in connection with using health insurance.

And of course, under EMTALA the emergency room can't deny you coverage simply because you lack ID.

How many of him can there be?

It's about 1% of the population. About 2.6 million people:

Nearly 21 million voting-age U.S. citizens do not have a current (non-expired) driver’s license. Just under 9%, or 20.76 million people, who are U.S. citizens aged 18 or older do not have a non-expired driver’s license. Another 12% (28.6 million) have a non-expired license, but it does not have both their current address and current name… Just over 1% of adult U.S. citizens do not have any form of government-issued photo identification, which amounts to nearly 2.6 million people.

papersplease.org - Who lacks id in america today

You might be incredulous that such people exist, but they do. And they will vastly outnumber the unbelievably miniscule number of people who engage in fraudulent in-person voting.
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