For the government “No” means “Yes”
The States won with a resounding “NO!” to the REAL ID. So what did the federal government do? Took a couple steps back, evaluated where they went wrong and VOILA–the Social Security Identity Theft Prevention Act, otherwise known as H.R. 5405. It’s currently being penned on Govtrack.US as:
H.R. 5405: To protect seniors from identity theft and strengthen our national security by providing for the issuance of a secure Social Security card
When you stop laughing at that watch this video:
Blatant spinning by Congressman Mark Kirk includes:
“This card will not be mandatory”
-Psh-yeah right. It’s mandatory by age 16.
“This card is secure. What happened with the VA laptop won’t happen with this.”
-Do you think we’re stupid? University of Virginia students hacked the RFID computer chip in this card last week. Who needs laptops anymore?
“The price will be covered in Social Security Card fees”
-Again-do you think we are stupid? Fees equal more cash out of my pocket!
“This is not a National ID card.”
-Riiiiiiiiight. It is simply a card issued to everyone in the nation that holds computer chips, information gathering magnetic strips, biometric maps of our faces, social security numbers and our finger prints. Its for “our security” for all this to be in one easy to access database whose sole line of defense is “no laptops.”
1 comment April 8th, 2008
