hmm that ron paul video he says that the id's might have gps in them which doesnt make sense because it would also need a battery and shit and a way to connect to a cellphone tower or something to transmit your every position to the govt.
i agree with him though that this will open up tons of possibilities to mandatorily keep info on people in one place that should be private and getting a job/bank account/health care/make transactions based on the database info would make it easy to deny you. think japanese americans 1942 there might be a database column to check if you are on a list and if so you wouldnt be able to buy anything etc.
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EDIT: Also - http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/100430/entertainment/centertainment_us_mcfarlane_immigration
"It's too much. It's kind of a slap in the face, it's not the way to handle it...Nobody but the Nazis ever asked anybody for their papers," MacFarlane told Reuters Television...