Something I'd thought about on and around a recent surgery, is that given the fact that any surgery requiring general anesthesia is an opportunity to embed a device into your body in a way that only a second surgery could remove, or a similar opportunity even a fully-conscious acquisition of dental fillings provides (I had a couple a few years back that required casting, out-of-office manufacturing, then installation a week or so later,) and given the fact of what the voyeur-pervs at the NSA have been doing, extra-Constitutionally and with impunity, with the rest of our privacy...

At risk of the accusation of paranoia, there is really nothing standing in the way of the current U.S. Administration's implanting devices into anyone it wants to monitor, without their knowledge or consent, right now.

Under Obamacare, doubly so.

The doctor in charge of your chart would certainly be an obstacle, but the government can bring an incredible amount of coercive pressure to bear, particularly on someone who's an upstanding professional with a well-established life, career and family.

So yes, as JLC said, unless there's a catastrophic collapse of technology (virtually impossible,) the only choice we have in this matter is to reclaim the people intellectually, and end Gangster Government via an intellectual sea change.

Given decades of the Republican "leadership" conceding to militant collectivists the education of generations of Americans, and given that educational corruption's metastasizing under Communist Core, the outlook looks pretty grim, at least for the better part of this coming century.

On that note, some cathartic rock 'n' roll from Mr. Rundgren and the boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOymRNFrP...
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Maph, driving without a license is a minor moving violation. You get a ticket. I’m not perfect, but I don’t view getting a ticket as ‘getting in trouble.’ I certainly wouldn’t lose sleep over it. Most cops don’t give you a ticket for forgetting your license. Now if you forget the registration for the car, they are a bit more strict about that. Although, I have driven away without a ticket more often than not for both offensives.

I shouldn’t be able to draw a line for what I consider the sanctity of my personal space? I believe this is an alienable right.
To me a debit/credit card is like a hat. When I want do business I put it on my hat and wear it in public. But that is NOT who I am.

I did give you that link to Sweden getting rid of the physical currency, no? Ecurrerncy saves the banks and national treasuries a lot of expense because its nothing. They will use security as the excuse, lessen crime (but they will overlook fraud, hackers, and massive thefts that go unnoticed until too late).

I lived next door to a house full of illegals (all ages) for 6 months. When they abandoned the house (destroying it) the realtor told me it would sell for 35K below market value and that the people never made a single payment to the bank for their mortgage.

That's my own personal experience. I'll see if I can find something more than my word to qualify it for you.

found a few:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/02/13/ban...
http://bankofamericaboycott.com/
http://www.wnd.com/2005/05/30509/
http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/...

paper is in hand and does have value, for now. electronic currency is never in your hand and the spigot can be shut off at a moments notice without your consent or control.

Please remember I'm a sci-fi author. I'm not technophobic in the least. I'm just extraordinarily distrustful of mankind and their ability to leave me alone to pursue my happiness (as I'm entitled to via the US Constitution).

Nah, illegal aliens do this in the US all the time. Hell, they even buy houses and cars (both the default on, but banks give them the loans just the same).

Again, there is still physical money as an alternative which is in your possession cannot be completely controlled or traced.

Newborns are given SSNs; this is just the next step.

Thank you. Good point.

Well put.

No, I disagree. I can always leave my wallet at home. I am not the sum worth of what I own or owe. I should be free to go about my business in public without a ’tag’ identifying me by the materials in my world.

What can you do when you are suddenly locked out of your 1's and 0's and have to survive while the bureaucracy works out the snafu in the e-commerce banking system? Or you say or do something and they lock you out of all your wealth without leaving their desk or making a phone call? Or some hacker or hacker group or COUNTRY knocks cripples the e-banking system and you have no way to buy food for your family?

History doesn't repeat itself? This nation is looking more and more like Hitler's Germany and tech seems to be feeding that beast.

When 1's and 0's are the currency and, as you say, virtually anyone can establish their own currency, there is still the matter of worth. 1's and 0's are nothing, literally - magnetic on and off, setup in combinations to make everything digital we have today. The only value ecurrency has is its baking by something or some entity that can guarantee its worth. And tell me who can back the ecurrency used by millions, hundreds of millions, or billions of people better than a corporation or government? I think what you are thing is a romanticized contemporary barter system which would be akin to the junkbonds of the 80s. There is no presence to 1's and 0's, no weight, you can't touch it, you can't hide it under your mattress or collect it in jars. What happens when the power brokers screw the pooch again or a hacker hit net now entirely virtual monetary system and all the 1's and 0's are erased, disappear, or you are locked out of what you think is your imaginary money? More freedom? I think far less.