Tom DeWeese, President
American Policy Center
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National Identification Card Back from the Dead...
It was just this past October that legislation which established a
green light for creating a National ID system was repealed through
the
courageous efforts of Senator Richard Shelby, numerous
Congressmen and
the protests of hundreds of thousands of Americans like you and
me.
Now, four months later, it has been resurrected.
Congressman Bill Barrett (R-NE) has introduced HR 3429, the
Legal Employment Authentication Program (LEAP) Act of 1999, a
bill that
will completely reinstate the federal ID system. Barrett's pandering
to
federal bureaucrats and big business--both of whom want the federal
government to gather information on you for their benefit--will
overturn
our hard-earned victory.
You and I must react swiftly and with force--before this new
effort to shackle Americans with "Big Brother's" chains has a chance
to
gain favor in Congress. If passed, Barrett's bill will make it federal
law that all Americans must carry a national identification card at all
times.
You will be required to show your ID card in order to cash a
check, get on a plane or open a bank account. Without your
national ID
card you will not be able to get medical care or get a job. That's
right-it gives the federal government the power to clear all hiring
decisions where even a 1% error in the data banks could result in
600,000 wrongful work denials.
Think of what such an error in your medical file would mean! All
of
your personal information like income, medical records and
personal
family business will all be put into one massive federal data bank in
order to make the card valid.
This is an invasion of your privacy. It is an invasion of your
Constitutional rights. It is an outrage.
We must exert pressure to bury this legislation NOW in order to
avoid a long and costly battle. In addition to calling our own
Congressmen we must call Congressman Bill Goodling, Chariman
of the
House Committee on Education and the Workforce. His committee
will
decide whether or not to approve HR 3429 and move it to the floor
of the
House of Representatives for a vote.
In short, whether or not we are shackled with a National ID card
is in Chairman Goodling's hands.
ACTION ITEM
1. Call Congressman Goodling, Chariman of the House
Committee on Education and the Workforce at (202) 225-4527 and
tell him
you oppose HR 3429 and any other effort which would ultimately
give rise
to a national ID system.
2. Call your Congressman (Capitol Hill Switchboard
202-225-3121) and
make him understand that any attempt to support such an invasion
of our
liberties is unprincipled and dishonorable for one who was entrusted
with the protection of such liberties. Urge him to oppose HR 3429.
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