Our invasive government - a two-fer
First, from
Wired:
Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform
The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system.
Buried in the more than 800 pages of the bipartisan legislation (.pdf) is language mandating the creation of the innocuously-named �photo tool,� a massive federal database administered by the Department of Homeland Security and containing names, ages, Social Security numbers and photographs of everyone in the country with a driver�s license or other state-issued photo ID.
Second, from
Americans for Tax Reform:
Obamacare: Taxpayers Must Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS
When Obamacare�s individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form.
The new form will require disclosure of a taxpayer�s personal identifying health information in order to determine compliance with the Affordable Care Act�s individual mandate.
As confirmed by IRS testimony to the tax-writing House Committee on Ways and Means, �taxpayers will file their tax returns reporting their health insurance coverage, and/or making a payment�.
This post has over 1,100 comments along the lines of:
NO.
To ALL of it.
Good luck putting about 70 - 80 million of us in jail.
2014 is not that far away...
Posted by DaveH at May 12, 2013 1:18 PM