Did I just hear Senator Schumer say we will use a "social security card biometric identifier?"
And you thought I was just kidding around when I said that for ease of administration the administrators think biometric ID is a really fun idea.
A little research takes some of the fun out of mocking this because, so far, Senators Schumer and McCain are stopping short of the ultimate step. They're not quite ready to herd 320 million American citizens into the veterinary clinics for outpatient surgery. Vets? Sure. Who has more experience in slipping neat little computers/RF transmitters into flesh? Guernsey, Lhasa apso, citizen, what the Hell. Meat's meat.
The vote whores, or immigration reformers if you insist, say for the time being they can settle for a Social Security card that records your fingerprints or your digitized face. It will be a while before they announce that people are losing their cards and hiring top geeks to modify them and generally not playing nice. And if you can chip a baboon for 80 bucks, max, why 80 times 320 million is only...
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The 1985 libertarian argument was: Want to reduce the illegal immigration problem? Start reducing the free stuff inherent in merely metabolizing in this country. It is also a good 2013 argument.
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I used to joke about getting a magnetic ink bar code tattoo of my SSN, to hide under my wristwatch, in case it was needed.
Now, with better technology, it appears it will be required!
Who knew?
gfa
And while they're at it, there's no good reason not to link the chip to all your bank accounts and the IRS.
With a simple keystroke tracker they could even keep track of disrespectful writers.
My SocSec card says "Not For Identification Purposes".
That exempts me, right?
Mine too. I think that line at the bottom of the card exempts us from believing that government speaks truthfully to its subjects.
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