From massive NSA spying, to IRS targeting of the administration's political opponents, to collection and sharing of our health care information as part of Obamacare, it seems every day we learn of another assault on our privacy. Sadly, this week the Senate took another significant, if little-noticed, step toward creating an authoritarian surveillance state. Buried in the immigration bill is a national identification system called mandatory E-Verify. The Senate did not spend much time discussing E-Verify, and what little discussion took place was mostly bipartisan praise for its effectiveness as a tool for preventing illegal immigrants from obtaining employment. It is a tragedy that mandatory E-Verify is not receiving more attention, as it will impact nearly every Americans privacy and liberty. The mandatory E-Verify system requires Americans to carry a tamper-proof social security card. Before they can legally begin a job, American citizens will have to show the card to their prospective employer, who will then have to verify their identity and eligibility to hold a job in the US by running the information through the newly-created federal E-Verify database. The database will contain photographs taken from passport files and state driver's licenses. The law gives federal bureaucrats broad discretion in adding other biometric identifiers to the database. It also gives the bureaucracy broad authority to determine what features the tamper proof card should contain. Regardless of ones views on immigration, the idea that we should have to ask permission from the federal government before taking a job ought to be offensive to all Americans. Under this system, many Americans will be denied the opportunity for work. The E-Verify database will falsely identify thousands as "ineligible," forcing many to lose job opportunities while challenging government computer inaccuracies. E-Verify will also impose additional compliance costs on American businesses, at a time when they are struggling with Obamacare implementation and other regulations. READ MORE: http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archive...-surveillance-state,-youll-love-e-verify.aspx Show me your papers! This is basically a national id and then some. This should be a wake up to people who believe the Republicans are automatically on the side of conservatism and liberty. In fact, I believe there was only one candidate who cosistently was against the concept of a national id card.
The natural counter for an underground society and simple not use social security numbers or any form of government ID opting out of the system, if its really evil then not taking part in it would be moral correct?
