From: "E. ALLEN SMITH" <EALLENSMITH@ocelot.Rutgers.EDU>
Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 13:20:44 +0800
To: shamrock@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Smartcards are coming to the US
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From:	IN%"shamrock@netcom.com" 21-APR-1996 21:08:17.34

>At 15:15 4/21/96, 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.

>My first response was: he is making this up. But it shoudn't come as a
>surprise to any reader of this list. Expect to see more of it.

	Ever read _The Bell Curve_?
	-Allen