Conflicted Libertarian

I wrote at this blog a few weeks (also at Virginia Right, too) about Senator Graham’s support for an immigration reform package that includes a biometric ID card.  I stated that this was a deal breaker for my support for the senator. 

Here’s the confirmation right from their joint op-ed in the Washington Post:

We would require all U.S. citizens and legal immigrants who want jobs to obtain a high-tech, fraud-proof Social Security card. Each card’s unique biometric identifier would be stored only on the card; no government database would house everyone’s information. The cards would not contain any private information, medical information or tracking devices. The card would be a high-tech version of the Social Security card that citizens already have.

I am sure the Mark of the Beast is merely a high tech, fraud proof version of some prior biometric ID card.

Prospective employers would be responsible for swiping the cards through a machine to confirm a person’s identity and immigration status. Employers who refused to swipe the card or who otherwise knowingly hired unauthorized workers would face stiff fines and, for repeat offenses, prison sentences.

Every worker in the United States would have to have a card to work in this nation.  If I hire the neighbor boy down the street to cut my grass, I might go to prison.  I cannot imagine our Founders going along with this.  I plead with Senator Graham once again to renounce this truly bad idea.