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Old Apr 21, 2008 | 7:15 pm
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viking407rob
 
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Originally Posted by KCnAtl
Wow! I don't see this as "protection money" at all. I see it as paying for enhanced/expedited service. Much as one would pay for a FC ticket or FedEx over USPS or Daily parking over economy.

But where does it stop? Why should we have to pay "protection money" for a level of service when it should be available to begin with? @:-)

This seems like another way for the government to extort and move us closer to having a consolidated identification system.

Thankfully, many of these heavy handed and hair brained schemes are stalled or scrapped due to those pesky things called civil rights, and of course the government's own inefficiency.
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