From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:49:48 +0800
To: Brad Dolan <shamrock@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Smartcards are coming to the US
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960422024309.00a7ef74@mail.teleport.com>
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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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