Many conservatives and civil libertarians erroneously believed that the implementation of the ObamaCare bill would be the final nail in the coffin of a free society, which is why President Obama spent a full year trying so hard to implement it. But I respectfully disagree. Though it is part of the same big government scheme, the creation of a cashless society will be the endgame. And the movement toward it has already begun.
In March, the government of Sweden announced that it would be moving toward establishing a cashless economy. Other nations are examining the possibility of using new ways to rid their society of cash, as well as to identify and keep track of its citizens.
Biometric ID devices, or biometric authentication, can identify a human by specific characteristics and traits – fingerprints, iris scans, vein scans, DNA, voice recognition, facial recognition, and even behavior analysis. These technologies presently exist and are being perfected every year.
The populous nation of India, with 1.25 billion people, announced recently that they were forming a biometric ID program for all Indian citizens. Each person will be given a unique identification number that will be tied to biometric data, using the prints of all ten fingers, scans of the iris in both eyes, and facial photographs.
In this country, we are beginning to see an increased discussion about the usefulness of a cashless economy backed up with a biometric ID system. But to impose it, the government must convince us of its benefits. What reasons might our government have for moving us in the direction of Sweden and India in the future? Continue reading →