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To: Steve Lee who wrote (47077)	1/31/2002 8:06:15 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

The problem is nobody wants to be labelled a "wartime profiteer". During World War II Tom Watson Sr. put IBM's entire manufacturing operations at the government's disposal on a "cost plus $1 profit" basis. There are still plaques at IBM's manufacturing sites in Poughkeepsie and Endicott where former punch-card lines were converted to manufacture rifles. IBM didn't make money doing this, though the goodwill value in the postwar years was incalculable. Bottom line is I wouldn't be looking for any profit bonanza from any contributions to the war effort.

To: Steve Lee who wrote (47077)	1/31/2002 9:00:09 AM
From: techtonicbull	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Politically the national ID card won't fly. A biometric, voluntary frequent traveler card with voluntary background check is possible. Libertarians would never go for the involuntary or a mandated national card system. I can also see a better drivers license card with biometrics coming in the future.

To: Steve Lee who wrote (47077)	1/31/2002 9:24:28 AM
From: Jerome	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

The National ID card thing ***** There is too much resistance to a National ID Card on a governmental level. Just like gun registration the national ID card does not have traction. But there is a back door.... Credit Cards, Drivers Licenses, and Employer ID cards will employ the technology to the extent that it will difficult to move around this country without them. If the airlines start demanding them at check in, and the gas stations want to see them before cashing a check or processing a credit card purchase, then one would be reduced to walking or borrowing one of my mules for a trip across the state. I don't believe that a national ID card will be necessary but at every other level it will like an ATM card. Just an opinion...Jerome