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ARE YOU NOTHING BUT A NUMBER TO BE STAMPED AND FINALLY DISCARDED BY THE POWERS THAT BE???
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE TO BETTER PREPARE YOURSELF FOR YOUR 'FUTURE' [?]
EDITORIAL October 5, 2002
Big Brother's national ID card
A national Identification card complete with biometic
identifiers, such as fingerprints or retinal scans is coming.
Only it's not being called that. House Resolution 4633 the
Driver's License Modernization Act of 2002 would
effectively create a national ID if it's passed. The bill would
require each state to adopt a uniform standard for driver's
licenses and link their motor vehicle databases to a central
computer registry. H.R. 4633 would "amend title 23, United
States Code, to establish standards for state programs for the
issuance of drivers' licenses and identification cards, and for
other purposes." It would make use of "encoded biometric
data matching the holder of the license or card." In other
words, American citizens who have never committed any
crime would be subject to fingerprinting (or something similar,
such as a retinal scan) and compelled to carry a card with an
embedded computer chip containing reams of personal
information.
What the legislation calls for is, in fact, a national ID card
that every adult American would effectively be forced to
carry. The only way to opt out would be to give up one's
driver's license something that is not practical in an era
when, outside of major cities, being able to drive is a
necessity without which one cannot secure or maintain
employment. And like the now-ubiquitous Social Security
number which, recall, was "never to be used for
identification purposes," but which is now almost impossible
to conduct any business without the coming national
ID/driver's license will almost certainly become an item
without which one cannot open a bank account, obtain a
credit card, purchase a car or home, and so on.
As Eric Skrum of the National Motorists Association put
it recently: "Ultimately, anybody in any state with a card
reader would be able to look up your personal driving
record, credit rating, Social Security number, health
information, personal address, and anything else the
government would force you to divulge in order to
'voluntarily' obtain a driver's license."
They can call it whatever they want, but the end result will
be the same. This bill should be rejected as being
incompatible with a free society.
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