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MaggieL · 05-16-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

Make green cards really hard to forge...

Make an identity document that's hard to forge; green cards don't cut it.

Notional pre-hire conversation:

"Where's your green card?"
"I don't need one, I'm a citizen. Here's my driver's licence."
"But you 'look hispanic'."
"Racist!"

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Better pre-hire converstion, just as notional:

"May I see your ID so I can fill out the I-9 form?"
"Certainly, here you go."
"Thank you...it will just be a miniute while I call it in....OK, it checks as valid."

The magic is in the "checks as valid" part. A Java-based smart card could do it.

richlevy · 05-16-2006, 06:59 PM

If you guys want ID cards, get ready for pork.

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WASHINGTON, May 13 — The Department of Homeland Security has invested tens of millions of dollars and countless hours of labor over the last four years on a seemingly simple task: creating a tamperproof identification card for airport, rail and maritime workers.

Yet nearly two years past a planned deadline, production of the card, known as the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, has yet to begin.

Instead, the road to delivering this critical antiterrorism tool has taken detours to locations, companies and groups often linked to Representative Harold Rogers, a Kentucky Republican who is the powerful chairman of the House subcommittee that controls the Homeland Security budget.

MaggieL · 05-16-2006, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

If you guys want ID cards, get ready for pork.

And what exactly has the government ever done that wasn't? :-)

That's an interesting point though...which exceutive department would be tasked with such a thing? DHS/TSA wouldn't be my first choice. State maybe.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2006, 06:41 PM

No, no, it would be the Department of Identity Cards. Too big to fit in another group, because they'll build a bureaucracy that would put the IRS to shame. Every politician's, brother's, nephew's, baby-sitter's, Aunt will have a job.

Dagney · 05-17-2006, 09:20 PM

Would that be US D.I.Cs?

Yanno, just so I know where to send my resume and all.

05-17-2006, 06:41 PM	#79
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, no, it would be the Department of Identity Cards. Too big to fit in another group, because they'll build a bureaucracy that would put the IRS to shame. Every politician's, brother's, nephew's, baby-sitter's, Aunt will have a job. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-17-2006, 09:20 PM	#80
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	Would that be US D.I.Cs? Yanno, just so I know where to send my resume and all. __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

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