[lit-ideas] Re: US NATIONAL ID CARD: ALERT
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 09:00:21 -0400
I'm happy to say that it's not my administration. I left the US back in
1968.
Ursula,
safe in Canada (if you think sleeping next to an elephant is safe...pace
Trudeau...)
Judy Evans wrote:
>Ursula, thank you. The Guardian newsblog had an interesting piece on
>it that they haven't indexed (!) that explains the "ID card by
>stealth" aspect of this. Because it's stealth and a tacked-on thing,
>your Admin. can try to get it through without the furore the ID card
>proposals met here (they had to be shelved but doubtless Blair will
>bring them back).
>
>I thought I'd tell people here the major non-libertarian (!) reasons for
>opposing the UK one, the second of which certainly applies to the US
>
>1. It is incredibly costly
>2. It will not stop terrorism
>
>I'd have to check my various sources before adding 3. it will not stop
>ID theft.
>
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