From: Michael Wilson The political Left had the belief that while you, an individual, should have the right to do what you want with your body. . ., they wanted to control what you did with your money. . . The political Right had the belief that you should have the right to do what you want with your money . . , but not with your body. . . . .................................................. True! ....programs such as healthcare, Clipper, national ID cards, national information infrastructures, and so forth are all direct yet subtle attacks on such basic freedoms. It creates both the motive *and* mechanism for tyrrany. .................................................. Thus the Administration would undermine the motives & mechanisms for privacy. Everyone wants the advantages for themselves and not for their enemies; it would be useful to be able to distinguish enemies from friends, but this is not an easy task when everyone's philosophies & politics are so mixed up & inconsistent & counterproductive. At some point, it becomes unavoidable to conclude that in reality, it's "every man for himself"; i.e. - anything which helps individual, independent competence is a valuable & valid pursuit. Blanc