The Ultimate in People Control

The federal government is building a totally electronic network that will be used to monitor, track, and control the citizenry. The pieces are being put into place at a ever-more-rapid pace. During the second week in January, 1999, at his conference on "Electronic Government" held in Washington D.C., Vice President Al Gore revealed a great deal more about the agenda for citizen control.

For background :

On April 26, 1996, President Clinton signed into law the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). This legislation requires the use of electronic funds transfer (EFT) for Federal payments, with the exception of tax refunds, starting January 2, 1999.

In September 1998, the Department of the Treasury enacted a regulation to implement the requirements of the DCIA. 31 CFR Part 208 sets out the requirements for individuals who receive Federal benefit, wage, salary, or retirement payments. All of these must now be received using "direct deposit," Electronic Funds Transfer, (EFT).

Federal benefits paid out electronically are referred to as Electronic Benefit Transfers or EBT. Also within the definition of EBT are Federal/State programs under which a recipient who receives benefit payments from both the Federal government and a State government can receive his or her payments through the same system. This is consistent with the National Performance Review implementation plan for nationwide EBT. Federal agencies are encouraged, in partnership with State and local governments, to develop a nationwide integrated EBT system utilizing the existing commercial infrastructure to provide combined access to Federal payments and State-administered benefits for a recipient on a single card.

Another foundational piece of the electronic transactions network is the banking industry "Know Your Customer" identification and monitoring program. The federal government is requiring all banks to implement KYC measures - and to install the necessary electronic monitoring systems - so that all financial transactions can be tracked. Anyone who will not "identify" themselves to the system - using whatever means of identification THEY ultimately dictate - will not be able to conduct business. Period! Already, it is illegal to deposit or withdraw over $10,000 without presentation of identification. Even with identification, the bank must report the transaction on a federal form. No exceptions. Additionally, anyone who wishes to purchase a money order (including a Postal Money Order) in amounts over $3,000 must give a social security number. If they refuse, they may be issued the money order, but a "suspicious transaction" report will be filed on them with a federal agency - without their knowledge.

The federal "New Hires Registry" program requires every employer in every state to report to a central database the name, address, social security number, and amount of wage of each newly hired employee. Under the "deadbeat dads" legislation, every licensing agency in every state is required to obtain a social security number from every license applicant; this information also goes into a central data registry. The purpose of these two information collection laws, as stated in the Welfare Reform Act and the Illegal Immigration Act (both of which were passed in 1996) is to develop a network for "locating and tracking" individuals. Those were the words used in the Act.

The ultimate objective with all of this "electronic government" spy network is to provide a direct and almost constant link between the "electronic" federal government and the people. A primary goal of this system is to be able to extract TAX payments AT WILL. The intent is to have a system in place which will allow federal agencies to KNOW exactly how much you make (and where you make it); how much you spend (and where you spend it); and how much tax you will pay (and YOU WILL PAY IT - ELECTRONICALLY)!

According to an article appearing in The Seattle Times, (Jan. 20, 1995, pp. A1, A12) by Frank Greve of Knight-Ridder Newspapers entitled, "IRS plans know-all database on you," the IRS began an $8 billion computer and software upgrade that would be used to compile detailed financial reports on citizens by gathering electronic information from credit reports, news stories, tips from informants, commercial databases, and real-estate, motor-vehicle and child-support records.

The upgrade, which began in 1995, was due to have been completed by 2008. The intent was to enable the IRS gather enough information to eventually eliminate the need for tax returns. Coleta Brueck, the IRS's top document-processing official explained in the Times article how the system would work :

"If I know what you've made during the year, if I know what your withholding is, if I know what your spending pattern is, I should be able to generate a tax return so that I only come to you and tell you, 'This is what I think you should file for the next year, and if you agree to that, then don't bother sending me a piece of paper.'"

Mrs. Brueck, the project manager for the IRS's Document Processing System, elaborated on the so-called "Golden Eagle" return. She said the government would automatically gather all relevant aspects of a person's finances, sorts them into appropriate categories and then tally the tax due. "One-stop service," as Brueck put it. The information would also be fed to other government agencies, as well as states and municipalities, which would draw upon it for their own purposes. She vowed "absolutely" that this will one day happen, apparently assuming that Americans would be grateful to be relieved of the burden of filing any taxes. The government would simply take its due. Brueck is reported to have said that the system in place at the time of the article already provided most of the needed capability. She said :

"We know everything about you that we need to know. Your employer tells us everything about you that we need to know. Your activity records on your credit cards tell us everything about you that we need to know. Through interface with Social Security, with the DMV, with your banking institutions, we really have a lot of information, so why ... at the end of the year or on April 15, do we ask the Post Office to encumber itself with massive numbers of people out there, with picking up pieces of paper that you are required to file? ... I don't know why. We could literally file a return for you. This is the future we'd like to go to."
[Chicago Tribune, January 20, 1995, also "Wired" Magazine article, "E-Money (That's What I Want)," by Steven Levy December 1994]

The upgrade program was eventually de-funded by Congress, but the IRSs clearly has not abandoned the concept.

Al Gore has now announced a pilot (indoctrination) program that will allow (force) college students to see how wonderful it is for the federal government to provide for all their needs - electronically. Under the pilot program, college students will be able to "use the Internet to get combined government and commercial services." Notice the merging of government and commercial endeavors? This is a key component of Al Gore's pilot program for electronic government. This used to be called socialism.

A major part of the college campus "pilot" program is electronic tax filing. They'll also learn how to get loans from their government so they can be perpetually indentured. The press release says the students can even "request an address change?" How about: request an occupation change? And, as an added bonus, the students can even fill out an electronic request form asking the government for permits to go camping during their time off from (labor) camp[us].

What's the purpose of this college campus pilot program? It's to refine the system so that when YOU are forced to use it in the near future, there'll be no escape. All the "bugs" will have been worked out by then.

Here's what Al Gore said about the purpose of the "electronic government" pilot program :

"The technology exists today to provide the necessary protection to conduct highly sensitive financial transactions online," said the Vice President. "Our aim in this pilot is to prove these same technologies are sufficiently secure for people to do business with the government."

These same indoctrinated college students will themselves be running Al Gore's electronic government in the very near future. By that time - once they have achieved positions of "authority" - they will have been living "under the government's thumb" for several years. They will "owe" everything to the government - literally. There'll be NO escape for them. Do you think THEY will entertain rebellious attitudes, or an "alternative" social order? No.

Anyone who is concerned about the possibility of the millennium bug crashing the global computer system - and there certainly is cause for concern - better be equally concerned about the possibility that we could just sail right through 2000; in which case, electronic technology would be hailed as the salvation of mankind, - a god in its own right - and Al Gore's totally "electronic government" would become unstoppable. Which of these is the more frightening scenario? An equally frightening thought is that there is a very real possibility that Gore is about to become our President.

This article is reprinted from : The Electronic Government - The Ultimate People Control.