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Cards, shmards.
Only biometrics-based real-time ID verification will solve this dilemma. Until the world implements such a system, no ID card system will be very foolproof (even a biometric-based system won't be 100% foolproof, but it's probably as close as we'll ever get).
When you stop and think about all of the systems and economies that would benefit from positive ID systems to prevent loss, theft and misappropriation of resources, it is amazing to me that more effort into developing and implementing biometrics hasn't been pushed.
Requiring cards is just a stop-gap measure, and a fairly ineffective one at that, without better counterfeiting protections.
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