friendly-neighborhood-imbecille:

friendly-neighborhood-imbecille:

im-totally-not-an-alien-2:

Frostbite drags Phantom to Parent-Teacher night to talk about working together to ensure Phantom can more easily defend the school.

Yes, yes, yes, 100 times yes, I need this in my life

It must have been a really weird sight to see. A giant yeti man basically dragging a complaining teenager into the school. It was enough to garner more than a few stares, and that was enough to completely mortify said complaining teenager.

“Frostbite please, I don’t want to be here. I don’t have to be here.” Danny whined, trying to hide his face from all the high schoolers and their parents he was sure were gossiping about him.

“If Danny Phantom spends so much time in this school, he can stand to go to one little parent teacher conference.” Frostbite reasoned, rolling his eyes.

“Speak for yourself.” Danny said as he heard giggling behind him. He was positive it was about him.

They went to Lancer’s classroom first. He was surprised to see them, but quickly schooled his expression.

“Hello mr…” He trailed off

“Frostbite.” Frostbite offered.

“Frostbite. Why exactly are you here today?” Lancer looked around in utter confusion. As if the answer was hidden somewhere in the room

“We’re here to discuss the matter of the schools safety. The great one-”

“Frostbite please don’t call me that here.” Danny whined and covered his face with his hands in embarrassment.

“Oh, sorry, Danny wanted to know if he could work together with school staff to minimize threats from ghost attacks. If there was a way he could communicate with staff during attacks it would be very beneficial to both the safety of the students, and Danny’s peace of mind.”

“What type of communication would be needed? Alerts across the school, like the fire alarms could be installed. In fact, there are plans to do so in the future.”

Danny made a move to answer but was unintentionally cut off by frostbite. “Danny would like to be able to communicate more specific details as well, like the ghost’s threat level, location, or any other vital information.”

“I see.” Lancer rubbed at his goatee in thought. “The staff could give him our phone numbers, or a walkie talkie.”

“Or I-” Danny started only to get cut off again.

“I’m sure that would work perfectly.”

“But what if-”

“I’ll write my cell number down to give it to you.”

“But that wouldn’t work well!” Danny shouted out of frustration. Frostbite and Lancer stopped in their tracks and looked towards Danny for an explanation.

“I, uh…” Danny tried to gather his thoughts. “What if I try to call a teacher to warn them, and they’re home sick? What if their phone is dead or they left it at home? The more time I spend trying to get ahold of someone, the worse the situation could end up. And even if I did get ahold of someone on the first try, they’d have to buzz the intercom, or run to the office in order to warn everyone, that might take too much time. Couldn’t you guys just add a phone in the office specifically for ghost attacks and give me that number? Then you can immediately tell everyone what’s going on over the intercom.”

“That does make sense.” Lancer agreed.

“Yeah, and I’ll even get a friend to buy the phone for you guys if that’s an issue” Danny offered.

“I don’t think that will be necessary. However-” Lancer handed Danny a pen and a small piece of paper. “It would be helpful to have a way to contact you until we set that up.”

Danny picked up the pen, wrote his number down, and gave it back to Lancer.

“And thank you for protecting my students.” Lancer held out a hand for a handshake.

“It’s no problem.” Danny reciprocated before following Frostbite out the door.

“That actually wasn’t so bad. But I am so ready to be anywhere but here.” Danny groaned.

“That’s good, we only have 15 more classrooms to go to.”

“I hate you.”

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sheepheadfred:aradia and phantom share stories and facts about…

sheepheadfred:

aradia and phantom share stories and facts about ghosts and space and aliens and become friends

a pic of pure self indulgance

started in april with goals for 413 but couldnt finish until today and it fits several days for dannymay

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strych-point-9:

fellas, is it gay to execute your king in a vaguely homoerotic test of loyalty and faith?

[image description: a digital drawing of the rendog and martyn inthelittlewood. ren is kneeling on the ground, naked, his head titled down so his hair covers his eyes. martyn stands over him, holding a sword, his face cut off by the top of the screen. blood runs down from the sword and onto ren, puddling beneath him. end id]

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ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

No but seriously this is why I think that automatic postal banking along with automatic voter registration should be a thing.

If everyone gets a free bank account on their 18th birthday that means that everyone needs to be issued legal ID and a PO box mailing address on their 18th birthday and has a place that no one is allowed to access their money on their 18th birthday. Do you know how many awful stories there are about teens who were saving up to move out who had their money used by abusive parents because it was in a joint account and they have no recourse because it was equally everyone’s money in the account?

Do you know how overwhelming it can be to try to get a bank account when you don’t have proof of legal residence because you are eighteen years old and your parents never let you have a drivers license or get a job and you don’t pay bills or have a rental agreement? How is an eighteen year old in an abusive household supposed to become financially independent if you need a credit card to get your prepaid phone to function but you can’t get a credit card until you’re 21 and you can’t get a debit card because you can’t get a bank account because your parents won’t let you use your birth certificate to get a state ID or drivers’ license? How is someone supposed to get away from an abusive partner when they need two forms of ID and two forms of proof of address and they get no bills and aren’t on any insurance paperwork or vehicle registration because their partner specifically prevented that?

Fuck that. National system. You go through the post office. Your PO box is through the post office, you bank with the post office, you can apply for an ID and request copies of legal documents through the post office.

Make it impossible to close an account too; that way it’s normal for EVERYONE to have a bank account that is all their own and that nobody else can shut down without a death certificate so you can’t pressure your partner into shutting down a possible escape route.

Is it logistically complicated? Yeah. Would it be expensive? Yeah. Is it more reliance on the state and a system of capitalism than I would prefer? Yeah. But everything fucking sucks so let’s try *something.*

A few notes:

I said “18” but feel free to replace that with “age at which you can legally work” but here’s the thing, we treat children and minors like absolute shit in the US so ‘age of majority’ is a complicated issue because there are a bunch of states where you can get married with parental permission at like 15 but you then can’t file for divorce until you are 18 so if I’m being *real* real, give the bank account at birth and assign children a non-family social worker to help with administration of the account.

I sort of thought that it went without saying that governmental banking shouldn’t have overdraft fees or account fees but because that clearly didn’t go without saying, let me say it: Postal banking should not involve overdraft fees or account fees. It should be entirely taxpayer funded and not for profit.

Even though there is a lot to recommend this idea it’s important to remember that this kind of thing isn’t a panacea to treat or prevent abuse, abusers are going to abuse and it’s good to have things that mitigate that but it’s still always going to be important to build more and more and more escape routes for all kinds of abuse

I, uh, don’t think that people who aren’t allowed to be legally in control of their own money should be legally allowed to work. I am actually very, very, very against work permits for minors because (in the US) they are not allowed to be in control of their own finances. I think that it is inherently abusive to allow children to earn money but not control it. I *generally* think the lack of autonomy children have is pretty abusive.

If we’re talking about wacky shit and kids trying to escape abusive situations, I think that we should pay students. I think that we should pay all school children – homeschooled too – their state’s hourly minimum wage into an account that their parents have no access to that should be regularly audited by a social worker to ensure that kids aren’t just pulling cash out and giving it to parents. This is, of course, fucking bonkers, but this is also a function of my belief that we should have shit like “universal healthcare” and “socialized housing” and “food for everyone” so parents should have no reason to take their kid’s money because money that a kid is making should never be the difference between paying for rent or getting evicted.

In the US if you don’t have an ID you can fill out an application to get an ID, which will require a copy of your birth certificate and/or social security card.

In order to request a copy of your birth certificate you need to have the application signed off on by a notary.

In order to get an application signed off by a notary you need to provide ID.

Have some fun screenshots:

That’s what you need to apply for an ID in California. Let’s say you want to apply, but your parents don’t want you to leave their house so they’re not giving you any documents or helping you in any way, so you decide to order a copy of your birth certificate:

Okay, sure it sounds ridiculous to need a government-issued ID in order to request the document you need to get your government-issued ID, but California is one of eight states that will allow a notary to accept two sworn witness statements about someone’s identity if they don’t have ID, so you can fill out the notarized portion of the birth certificate request form.

You’re going to have to submit that application in person to the records office, because you obviously don’t have a checking account and can’t send a check with your order form, and let’s assume that the records office and the DMV take cash (because you sure don’t have a credit card). Let’s assume that everything goes smoothly and you have a safe address for your birth certificate to get mailed to and proof of residence for when you go get your ID card. That means that you have to:

  • Fill out an application for a birth certificate
  • Travel to a notary and have the application notarized with two witnesses ($15)
  • Travel to the county records office to file your application ($32 fee)
  • Wait 5-7 weeks for your birth certificate to arrive by mail
  • Fill out an application for a state ID and provide the requisite documents (proof of residency, birth certificate)
  • Travel to the DMV to process the request for your ID and have your photo and thumbprint taken ($33 fee)
  • Wait 3-4 weeks for your ID to come in the mail.

NOW you can legally exist within the system and do things like ‘create a bank account without your parents.’

So, yeah, it actually IS required to have an ID in the US, but it certainly isn’t automatically issued and actually a lot of it hinges on having a pretty stable life and a ‘normal’ family. If everything goes perfectly and you get along with your parents it’s still a tedious process that entails spending hours at the DMV and costs the equivalent of four hours of the federal minimum wage.

It’s actually kind of bonkers to me that this isn’t part of the requirements for high school graduation. Like, some time around your sophomore year (age 15-16) you should get a semester long class on wrangling bureaucracy and your high school should have someone on campus who helps you (for free!) secure things like your birth certificate and social security card and state ID. Again – this should ALSO be required for home school students because even if you have a ‘right’ to educate your children how you believe they should be educated you have no right to deny them access to identification or the documents that will allow them to choose not to stay with you. And yeah, issuing everyone a PO box where they can receive mail privately should be a part of this.

So for the folks in the notes going “but aren’t you required to have an ID?” the answer is yes! But just because you’re required to do something in the US doesn’t mean it’s something that everyone can do.

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ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

No but seriously this is why I think that automatic postal banking along with automatic voter registration should be a thing.

If everyone gets a free bank account on their 18th birthday that means that everyone needs to be issued legal ID and a PO box mailing address on their 18th birthday and has a place that no one is allowed to access their money on their 18th birthday. Do you know how many awful stories there are about teens who were saving up to move out who had their money used by abusive parents because it was in a joint account and they have no recourse because it was equally everyone’s money in the account?

Do you know how overwhelming it can be to try to get a bank account when you don’t have proof of legal residence because you are eighteen years old and your parents never let you have a drivers license or get a job and you don’t pay bills or have a rental agreement? How is an eighteen year old in an abusive household supposed to become financially independent if you need a credit card to get your prepaid phone to function but you can’t get a credit card until you’re 21 and you can’t get a debit card because you can’t get a bank account because your parents won’t let you use your birth certificate to get a state ID or drivers’ license? How is someone supposed to get away from an abusive partner when they need two forms of ID and two forms of proof of address and they get no bills and aren’t on any insurance paperwork or vehicle registration because their partner specifically prevented that?

Fuck that. National system. You go through the post office. Your PO box is through the post office, you bank with the post office, you can apply for an ID and request copies of legal documents through the post office.

Make it impossible to close an account too; that way it’s normal for EVERYONE to have a bank account that is all their own and that nobody else can shut down without a death certificate so you can’t pressure your partner into shutting down a possible escape route.

Is it logistically complicated? Yeah. Would it be expensive? Yeah. Is it more reliance on the state and a system of capitalism than I would prefer? Yeah. But everything fucking sucks so let’s try *something.*

A few notes:

I said “18” but feel free to replace that with “age at which you can legally work” but here’s the thing, we treat children and minors like absolute shit in the US so ‘age of majority’ is a complicated issue because there are a bunch of states where you can get married with parental permission at like 15 but you then can’t file for divorce until you are 18 so if I’m being *real* real, give the bank account at birth and assign children a non-family social worker to help with administration of the account.

I sort of thought that it went without saying that governmental banking shouldn’t have overdraft fees or account fees but because that clearly didn’t go without saying, let me say it: Postal banking should not involve overdraft fees or account fees. It should be entirely taxpayer funded and not for profit.

Even though there is a lot to recommend this idea it’s important to remember that this kind of thing isn’t a panacea to treat or prevent abuse, abusers are going to abuse and it’s good to have things that mitigate that but it’s still always going to be important to build more and more and more escape routes for all kinds of abuse

I, uh, don’t think that people who aren’t allowed to be legally in control of their own money should be legally allowed to work. I am actually very, very, very against work permits for minors because (in the US) they are not allowed to be in control of their own finances. I think that it is inherently abusive to allow children to earn money but not control it. I *generally* think the lack of autonomy children have is pretty abusive.

If we’re talking about wacky shit and kids trying to escape abusive situations, I think that we should pay students. I think that we should pay all school children – homeschooled too – their state’s hourly minimum wage into an account that their parents have no access to that should be regularly audited by a social worker to ensure that kids aren’t just pulling cash out and giving it to parents. This is, of course, fucking bonkers, but this is also a function of my belief that we should have shit like “universal healthcare” and “socialized housing” and “food for everyone” so parents should have no reason to take their kid’s money because money that a kid is making should never be the difference between paying for rent or getting evicted.

In the US if you don’t have an ID you can fill out an application to get an ID, which will require a copy of your birth certificate and/or social security card.

In order to request a copy of your birth certificate you need to have the application signed off on by a notary.

In order to get an application signed off by a notary you need to provide ID.

Have some fun screenshots:

That’s what you need to apply for an ID in California. Let’s say you want to apply, but your parents don’t want you to leave their house so they’re not giving you any documents or helping you in any way, so you decide to order a copy of your birth certificate:

Okay, sure it sounds ridiculous to need a government-issued ID in order to request the document you need to get your government-issued ID, but California is one of eight states that will allow a notary to accept two sworn witness statements about someone’s identity if they don’t have ID, so you can fill out the notarized portion of the birth certificate request form.

You’re going to have to submit that application in person to the records office, because you obviously don’t have a checking account and can’t send a check with your order form, and let’s assume that the records office and the DMV take cash (because you sure don’t have a credit card). Let’s assume that everything goes smoothly and you have a safe address for your birth certificate to get mailed to and proof of residence for when you go get your ID card. That means that you have to:

  • Fill out an application for a birth certificate
  • Travel to a notary and have the application notarized with two witnesses ($15)
  • Travel to the county records office to file your application ($32 fee)
  • Wait 5-7 weeks for your birth certificate to arrive by mail
  • Fill out an application for a state ID and provide the requisite documents (proof of residency, birth certificate)
  • Travel to the DMV to process the request for your ID and have your photo and thumbprint taken ($33 fee)
  • Wait 3-4 weeks for your ID to come in the mail.

NOW you can legally exist within the system and do things like ‘create a bank account without your parents.’

So, yeah, it actually IS required to have an ID in the US, but it certainly isn’t automatically issued and actually a lot of it hinges on having a pretty stable life and a ‘normal’ family. If everything goes perfectly and you get along with your parents it’s still a tedious process that entails spending hours at the DMV and costs the equivalent of four hours of the federal minimum wage.

It’s actually kind of bonkers to me that this isn’t part of the requirements for high school graduation. Like, some time around your sophomore year (age 15-16) you should get a semester long class on wrangling bureaucracy and your high school should have someone on campus who helps you (for free!) secure things like your birth certificate and social security card and state ID. Again – this should ALSO be required for home school students because even if you have a ‘right’ to educate your children how you believe they should be educated you have no right to deny them access to identification or the documents that will allow them to choose not to stay with you. And yeah, issuing everyone a PO box where they can receive mail privately should be a part of this.

So for the folks in the notes going “but aren’t you required to have an ID?” the answer is yes! But just because you’re required to do something in the US doesn’t mean it’s something that everyone can do.

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ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

No but seriously this is why I think that automatic postal banking along with automatic voter registration should be a thing.

If everyone gets a free bank account on their 18th birthday that means that everyone needs to be issued legal ID and a PO box mailing address on their 18th birthday and has a place that no one is allowed to access their money on their 18th birthday. Do you know how many awful stories there are about teens who were saving up to move out who had their money used by abusive parents because it was in a joint account and they have no recourse because it was equally everyone’s money in the account?

Do you know how overwhelming it can be to try to get a bank account when you don’t have proof of legal residence because you are eighteen years old and your parents never let you have a drivers license or get a job and you don’t pay bills or have a rental agreement? How is an eighteen year old in an abusive household supposed to become financially independent if you need a credit card to get your prepaid phone to function but you can’t get a credit card until you’re 21 and you can’t get a debit card because you can’t get a bank account because your parents won’t let you use your birth certificate to get a state ID or drivers’ license? How is someone supposed to get away from an abusive partner when they need two forms of ID and two forms of proof of address and they get no bills and aren’t on any insurance paperwork or vehicle registration because their partner specifically prevented that?

Fuck that. National system. You go through the post office. Your PO box is through the post office, you bank with the post office, you can apply for an ID and request copies of legal documents through the post office.

Make it impossible to close an account too; that way it’s normal for EVERYONE to have a bank account that is all their own and that nobody else can shut down without a death certificate so you can’t pressure your partner into shutting down a possible escape route.

Is it logistically complicated? Yeah. Would it be expensive? Yeah. Is it more reliance on the state and a system of capitalism than I would prefer? Yeah. But everything fucking sucks so let’s try *something.*

A few notes:

I said “18” but feel free to replace that with “age at which you can legally work” but here’s the thing, we treat children and minors like absolute shit in the US so ‘age of majority’ is a complicated issue because there are a bunch of states where you can get married with parental permission at like 15 but you then can’t file for divorce until you are 18 so if I’m being *real* real, give the bank account at birth and assign children a non-family social worker to help with administration of the account.

I sort of thought that it went without saying that governmental banking shouldn’t have overdraft fees or account fees but because that clearly didn’t go without saying, let me say it: Postal banking should not involve overdraft fees or account fees. It should be entirely taxpayer funded and not for profit.

Even though there is a lot to recommend this idea it’s important to remember that this kind of thing isn’t a panacea to treat or prevent abuse, abusers are going to abuse and it’s good to have things that mitigate that but it’s still always going to be important to build more and more and more escape routes for all kinds of abuse

I, uh, don’t think that people who aren’t allowed to be legally in control of their own money should be legally allowed to work. I am actually very, very, very against work permits for minors because (in the US) they are not allowed to be in control of their own finances. I think that it is inherently abusive to allow children to earn money but not control it. I *generally* think the lack of autonomy children have is pretty abusive.

If we’re talking about wacky shit and kids trying to escape abusive situations, I think that we should pay students. I think that we should pay all school children – homeschooled too – their state’s hourly minimum wage into an account that their parents have no access to that should be regularly audited by a social worker to ensure that kids aren’t just pulling cash out and giving it to parents. This is, of course, fucking bonkers, but this is also a function of my belief that we should have shit like “universal healthcare” and “socialized housing” and “food for everyone” so parents should have no reason to take their kid’s money because money that a kid is making should never be the difference between paying for rent or getting evicted.

In the US if you don’t have an ID you can fill out an application to get an ID, which will require a copy of your birth certificate and/or social security card.

In order to request a copy of your birth certificate you need to have the application signed off on by a notary.

In order to get an application signed off by a notary you need to provide ID.

Have some fun screenshots:

That’s what you need to apply for an ID in California. Let’s say you want to apply, but your parents don’t want you to leave their house so they’re not giving you any documents or helping you in any way, so you decide to order a copy of your birth certificate:

Okay, sure it sounds ridiculous to need a government-issued ID in order to request the document you need to get your government-issued ID, but California is one of eight states that will allow a notary to accept two sworn witness statements about someone’s identity if they don’t have ID, so you can fill out the notarized portion of the birth certificate request form.

You’re going to have to submit that application in person to the records office, because you obviously don’t have a checking account and can’t send a check with your order form, and let’s assume that the records office and the DMV take cash (because you sure don’t have a credit card). Let’s assume that everything goes smoothly and you have a safe address for your birth certificate to get mailed to and proof of residence for when you go get your ID card. That means that you have to:

  • Fill out an application for a birth certificate
  • Travel to a notary and have the application notarized with two witnesses ($15)
  • Travel to the county records office to file your application ($32 fee)
  • Wait 5-7 weeks for your birth certificate to arrive by mail
  • Fill out an application for a state ID and provide the requisite documents (proof of residency, birth certificate)
  • Travel to the DMV to process the request for your ID and have your photo and thumbprint taken ($33 fee)
  • Wait 3-4 weeks for your ID to come in the mail.

NOW you can legally exist within the system and do things like ‘create a bank account without your parents.’

So, yeah, it actually IS required to have an ID in the US, but it certainly isn’t automatically issued and actually a lot of it hinges on having a pretty stable life and a ‘normal’ family. If everything goes perfectly and you get along with your parents it’s still a tedious process that entails spending hours at the DMV and costs the equivalent of four hours of the federal minimum wage.

It’s actually kind of bonkers to me that this isn’t part of the requirements for high school graduation. Like, some time around your sophomore year (age 15-16) you should get a semester long class on wrangling bureaucracy and your high school should have someone on campus who helps you (for free!) secure things like your birth certificate and social security card and state ID. Again – this should ALSO be required for home school students because even if you have a ‘right’ to educate your children how you believe they should be educated you have no right to deny them access to identification or the documents that will allow them to choose not to stay with you. And yeah, issuing everyone a PO box where they can receive mail privately should be a part of this.

So for the folks in the notes going “but aren’t you required to have an ID?” the answer is yes! But just because you’re required to do something in the US doesn’t mean it’s something that everyone can do.

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ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:

No but seriously this is why I think that automatic postal banking along with automatic voter registration should be a thing.

If everyone gets a free bank account on their 18th birthday that means that everyone needs to be issued legal ID and a PO box mailing address on their 18th birthday and has a place that no one is allowed to access their money on their 18th birthday. Do you know how many awful stories there are about teens who were saving up to move out who had their money used by abusive parents because it was in a joint account and they have no recourse because it was equally everyone’s money in the account?

Do you know how overwhelming it can be to try to get a bank account when you don’t have proof of legal residence because you are eighteen years old and your parents never let you have a drivers license or get a job and you don’t pay bills or have a rental agreement? How is an eighteen year old in an abusive household supposed to become financially independent if you need a credit card to get your prepaid phone to function but you can’t get a credit card until you’re 21 and you can’t get a debit card because you can’t get a bank account because your parents won’t let you use your birth certificate to get a state ID or drivers’ license? How is someone supposed to get away from an abusive partner when they need two forms of ID and two forms of proof of address and they get no bills and aren’t on any insurance paperwork or vehicle registration because their partner specifically prevented that?

Fuck that. National system. You go through the post office. Your PO box is through the post office, you bank with the post office, you can apply for an ID and request copies of legal documents through the post office.

Make it impossible to close an account too; that way it’s normal for EVERYONE to have a bank account that is all their own and that nobody else can shut down without a death certificate so you can’t pressure your partner into shutting down a possible escape route.

Is it logistically complicated? Yeah. Would it be expensive? Yeah. Is it more reliance on the state and a system of capitalism than I would prefer? Yeah. But everything fucking sucks so let’s try *something.*

A few notes:

I said “18” but feel free to replace that with “age at which you can legally work” but here’s the thing, we treat children and minors like absolute shit in the US so ‘age of majority’ is a complicated issue because there are a bunch of states where you can get married with parental permission at like 15 but you then can’t file for divorce until you are 18 so if I’m being *real* real, give the bank account at birth and assign children a non-family social worker to help with administration of the account.

I sort of thought that it went without saying that governmental banking shouldn’t have overdraft fees or account fees but because that clearly didn’t go without saying, let me say it: Postal banking should not involve overdraft fees or account fees. It should be entirely taxpayer funded and not for profit.

Even though there is a lot to recommend this idea it’s important to remember that this kind of thing isn’t a panacea to treat or prevent abuse, abusers are going to abuse and it’s good to have things that mitigate that but it’s still always going to be important to build more and more and more escape routes for all kinds of abuse

I, uh, don’t think that people who aren’t allowed to be legally in control of their own money should be legally allowed to work. I am actually very, very, very against work permits for minors because (in the US) they are not allowed to be in control of their own finances. I think that it is inherently abusive to allow children to earn money but not control it. I *generally* think the lack of autonomy children have is pretty abusive.

If we’re talking about wacky shit and kids trying to escape abusive situations, I think that we should pay students. I think that we should pay all school children – homeschooled too – their state’s hourly minimum wage into an account that their parents have no access to that should be regularly audited by a social worker to ensure that kids aren’t just pulling cash out and giving it to parents. This is, of course, fucking bonkers, but this is also a function of my belief that we should have shit like “universal healthcare” and “socialized housing” and “food for everyone” so parents should have no reason to take their kid’s money because money that a kid is making should never be the difference between paying for rent or getting evicted.

In the US if you don’t have an ID you can fill out an application to get an ID, which will require a copy of your birth certificate and/or social security card.

In order to request a copy of your birth certificate you need to have the application signed off on by a notary.

In order to get an application signed off by a notary you need to provide ID.

Have some fun screenshots:

That’s what you need to apply for an ID in California. Let’s say you want to apply, but your parents don’t want you to leave their house so they’re not giving you any documents or helping you in any way, so you decide to order a copy of your birth certificate:

Okay, sure it sounds ridiculous to need a government-issued ID in order to request the document you need to get your government-issued ID, but California is one of eight states that will allow a notary to accept two sworn witness statements about someone’s identity if they don’t have ID, so you can fill out the notarized portion of the birth certificate request form.

You’re going to have to submit that application in person to the records office, because you obviously don’t have a checking account and can’t send a check with your order form, and let’s assume that the records office and the DMV take cash (because you sure don’t have a credit card). Let’s assume that everything goes smoothly and you have a safe address for your birth certificate to get mailed to and proof of residence for when you go get your ID card. That means that you have to:

  • Fill out an application for a birth certificate
  • Travel to a notary and have the application notarized with two witnesses ($15)
  • Travel to the county records office to file your application ($32 fee)
  • Wait 5-7 weeks for your birth certificate to arrive by mail
  • Fill out an application for a state ID and provide the requisite documents (proof of residency, birth certificate)
  • Travel to the DMV to process the request for your ID and have your photo and thumbprint taken ($33 fee)
  • Wait 3-4 weeks for your ID to come in the mail.

NOW you can legally exist within the system and do things like ‘create a bank account without your parents.’

So, yeah, it actually IS required to have an ID in the US, but it certainly isn’t automatically issued and actually a lot of it hinges on having a pretty stable life and a ‘normal’ family. If everything goes perfectly and you get along with your parents it’s still a tedious process that entails spending hours at the DMV and costs the equivalent of four hours of the federal minimum wage.

It’s actually kind of bonkers to me that this isn’t part of the requirements for high school graduation. Like, some time around your sophomore year (age 15-16) you should get a semester long class on wrangling bureaucracy and your high school should have someone on campus who helps you (for free!) secure things like your birth certificate and social security card and state ID. Again – this should ALSO be required for home school students because even if you have a ‘right’ to educate your children how you believe they should be educated you have no right to deny them access to identification or the documents that will allow them to choose not to stay with you. And yeah, issuing everyone a PO box where they can receive mail privately should be a part of this.

So for the folks in the notes going “but aren’t you required to have an ID?” the answer is yes! But just because you’re required to do something in the US doesn’t mean it’s something that everyone can do.

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