That's a good point that I hadn't considered. I'm not sure how that would go over legally in the US. They could gather very similar information by looking at records from relatives who have used the same insurance company, even just financial records, but that is monitored closely by the government. I wonder if we'll be seeing any lawsuits in the near future.
ugh
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I struggle to see what someone could do with that information. My ethnicity is already known by the government and every advertiser collecting my information online. I randomly had my identity connected to my cousin's before any family took DNA tests. Her name would show up in those questionnaires along with what car I've owned and where I've lived when I had to go through online government stuff.
I'm relatively paranoid about giving out personal information, but I don't consider my spit very sensitive.
I still don't fully believe in syncing, but it would take time, and, theoretically, you'd have to spend more time with your partner than you do with anyone else.
Ehh...
They would reject federal currency if "in God we trust" was removed.
Maybe if you line them all up
That's my argument. There's no need to raise taxes. It's all scare tactics from the GOP. In Texas, a hot topic last election was our increased property taxes. The democratic nominee for governor proposed legalizing weed and using those tax dollars to lower property taxes. He lost the "moderates" when he proposed stricter gun control the last time he ran and they never got over it. Conservatives would rather pay extra money and complain about it than legalize the devil's lettuce.
Politics is theatre. They use buzz words to win the ignorant votes. I don't think we'll ever see a return on our taxes because of how much it would take to completely flip the system. Businesses would go bankrupt if we had access to socialized programs, and that goes against the capitalism that the country stands on.
People who don't drive don't pay any of those taxes that were used as examples. I'd love to see the numbers that you're basing your argument on.
Our tax dollars fund more corporations than other countries. The military spends so much because they pay private companies for their equipment, which is sold at inflated costs because they can. The US spends a shit ton on health care because private companies inflate their prices because, again, they can. The government/insurance companies don't even pay the full price that's listed on the bill, but they still use the original numbers.
You can't compare our spending to other countries. The US spends more because they pay inflated prices. Citizens spend less because we can't afford to get health care.
They're going to run out of options
I guess it would generate a bigger pool of people if they want to get super technical about who they want to genocide. US citizens already have to hand over their demographics to the government, but worst case... I could entertain that idea.