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Re: Smartcards are coming to the US
At 03:15 PM 4/21/96 -0400, Brad Dolan wrote:
>Saw a CNN story Friday about an interesting special debit card
>application in Mexico. They're being issued to poor Mexicans, who can
>use them to buy tortillas and a few other foodstuffs. The cards are tied to
>a behavior-control database and failure to send kids to school, get
>mandatory medical exams/treatments/vaccinations, etc. results in card
>deactivation.
Interesting method of social control. "Do anything we don't like and we
revoke your ability to spend money through government approved outlets."
What a Brave New World we live in...
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