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National ID Card Proposed!
ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan
Mar. 9, 2010 - President Obama hopes to see Congress enact immigration legislation in 2010, and he wants it to be bipartisan. Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham are working on a bill that would prevent employers from hiring illegal immigrants by requiring all American workers to obtain a national biometric identification card.
- [A]ll legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information, such as fingerprints, to tie the card to the worker.
It will not be easy to get Congress to adopt this system because of the potential invasion of privacy that would come with it. The cards would become de facto national ID cards that enable the government to track citizens. Like the Social Security number, a representative of the American Civil Liberties Union said their use would inevitably spread from work to voting, travel, and "pretty much every aspect of American life that requires identification."
- Source: Wall Street Journal
- USA ID card "will change relationship between citizen and state" - TechEye.net
One in four Germans wants microchip under skin: poll
Mar. 1, 2010 - A survey by German IT industry lobby group BITKOM revealed that 23 percent of around 1,000 respondents said they would be prepared to have a chip inserted under their skin "for certain benefits."
- Around one in six (16 percent) said they would wear an implant to allow emergency services to rescue them more quickly in the event of a fire or accident.
Another five percent of people said they would receive an ID chip implant if it would make their shopping go more smoothly.
- Source: The Raw Story
Virginia Lawmakers Oppose Forced Microchip Implantation, and the Antichrist
Feb. 10, 2010 - The Virgina House of Delegates has passed a law that would make it illegal to implant an identification or tracking device into a person's body without their written consent.
Common use of these chips include tracking pets and providing medical information for emergency treatment.
- Some are concerned their use among humans would lead to a lack of privacy ... Others, the Washington Post reports, are also concerned the use of microchips could be the "mark of the beast" -- or the coming of the antichrist.
- Source: CBS
Debit card spending to overtake cash this year
Jan. 20, 2010 - In Europe use of debit cards was up 10 per cent last year.
- It means that 77 per cent of its business was now done with debit cards, rather than credit cards, the use of which stalled over the past year.
Visa Europe predicted that debit card spending will overtake cash as a method of payment this year.
- Source: Telegraph - UK
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