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Support Act of 1988 forces a state to forfeit a portion of
#   federal funds if it does not impose the requirement, which is intended
#   to lead parents to believe the government will be able to chase them
#   down later if they do not support their children.
#
#   Ontario, Canada: Each newborn infant will now receive an ID number at
#   birth and a plastic ID card to go with it.
#
#   Privacy Journal, By Robert Ellis Smith, September 1991 issue
#
#   A California taxpayer has successfully filed a tax return without
#   providing Social Security numbers for her three children, as required
#   by a 1986 federal law, but the IRS is quite happy if nobody knows about
#   the case.
#
#   The woman claims that the enumeration is a violation of her religious
#   beliefs. Like many fundamental Christians, she relies on a Biblical
#   passage warning that whoever worships a Satanic beast that issues a mark
#   OR NUMBER to all persons will incur the wrath of God.
#
#   Initially, the IRS disallowed her claims and child care deductions.
#
#   The woman claimed that just because she didn't provide numbers for her
#   children did not mean that the children did not exist. An appeals officer
#   agreed and overruled the auditor, saying that there was no deficiency
#   in the woman's tax return.

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Here is a more detailed example of how government expands surveillance
(and thus control) in a seemingly never-ending manner...consider this when
talking about a National ID Card:

Is it okay for the government to look at your property while walking by and
if the officer spots marijuana plants growing to get a search warrant?

Of course it is.

*   "The Right To Privacy", ISBN 0-679-74434-7, 1997
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