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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 818611" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Then again, maybe there is something to the story after all.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/erikkain/2011/03/18/minnesota-republicans-to-ban-cash-for-poor-people-limit-teacher-strikes/?utm_source=allactivity&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20110318" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">From Forbes</span></a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><a href="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/war-poor-minnesota-republicans-want-b" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">CrooksandLiars</span></a></span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/03/15/ebt-welfare-restrictions-spendings/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Minnesota Public Radio News</span></a></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: black">But moreso, direct from <a href="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0171.1.html&session=ls87" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Minnesota House File 171</span></a></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: #000000">Now whether you want to believe the extreme of no cash period or it only limits the EBT card for cash debits is up for discussion and the legislative quote above seems to support the latter rather than the former. However, dig deep into think tank world and you'll discover this whole idea you say is nothing but liberal spin has been floating around for a very long time. A <a href="http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/techandsocial.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">white paper from MIT circa 2001'</span> </a>speaks of technology, social engineering and social control and under the discussion of "Six Social Engineering Strategies" we find the following:</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><span style="color: black">But go one step further, how does one buy illegal drugs for example if all transactions are electronic? Oh, so now you like the idea as "I'm one who has nothing to hide!" so bring on the cashless society. From your POV consider this just for the moment, would you want to live in a cashless society run by 1000's of Nancy Pelosi's? Yeah, neither would I but then I feel the same about 1000's of Newt Gingrich's too. Grand schemes never begin as large scale moves but rather seek out small minorities on the fringes to test themselves on. Once the precedent is set, the incrementalism takes over and the whole thing scales up and presso, gov't once again has co-opted freedom in the desire for it's own benefit, enhancement and preservation. I don't like people on welfare scamming the system either but this IMO is not the answer at all!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 818611, member: 2189"] Then again, maybe there is something to the story after all. [URL='http://blogs.forbes.com/erikkain/2011/03/18/minnesota-republicans-to-ban-cash-for-poor-people-limit-teacher-strikes/?utm_source=allactivity&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20110318'][COLOR=red]From Forbes[/COLOR][/URL] [COLOR=red][URL='http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/war-poor-minnesota-republicans-want-b'][COLOR=red]CrooksandLiars[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR] [URL='http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/03/15/ebt-welfare-restrictions-spendings/'][COLOR=red]Minnesota Public Radio News[/COLOR][/URL] [COLOR=red][COLOR=black]But moreso, direct from [URL='https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0171.1.html&session=ls87'][COLOR=red]Minnesota House File 171[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=red][COLOR=#000000]Now whether you want to believe the extreme of no cash period or it only limits the EBT card for cash debits is up for discussion and the legislative quote above seems to support the latter rather than the former. However, dig deep into think tank world and you'll discover this whole idea you say is nothing but liberal spin has been floating around for a very long time. A [URL='http://web.mit.edu/gtmarx/www/techandsocial.html'][COLOR=red]white paper from MIT circa 2001'[/COLOR] [/URL]speaks of technology, social engineering and social control and under the discussion of "Six Social Engineering Strategies" we find the following:[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=red][COLOR=black]But go one step further, how does one buy illegal drugs for example if all transactions are electronic? Oh, so now you like the idea as "I'm one who has nothing to hide!" so bring on the cashless society. From your POV consider this just for the moment, would you want to live in a cashless society run by 1000's of Nancy Pelosi's? Yeah, neither would I but then I feel the same about 1000's of Newt Gingrich's too. Grand schemes never begin as large scale moves but rather seek out small minorities on the fringes to test themselves on. Once the precedent is set, the incrementalism takes over and the whole thing scales up and presso, gov't once again has co-opted freedom in the desire for it's own benefit, enhancement and preservation. I don't like people on welfare scamming the system either but this IMO is not the answer at all![/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=red][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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