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Congress Debating "No-Work" Database
grag writes "Cnet is reporting that the US Congress, in their quest for immigration reform, seeks to force employers to utilize a database to determine a person's eligibility for employment. The Department of Homeland Security would operate the database and would be given access to IRS records for this purpose. The article mentions similarities between this proposal and the no-fly list — and the expectation of similar difficulties the proposed database could pose to valid people seeking employment."
435 Congressmen + 100 Senators
The Government was running out of money.
The Gov't is always out of money. Not just in the US. Wonder why that is...
The people had to pay up to a third of their money in taxes.
Currently, my income tax alone is 32%. I do not live in the US. The sales tax in my country is 25% (we have lots of other funny taxes, like the alcohol tax which is >200% and the petrol tax which is about 150%). Quit whining!
The rich were given grants of money and land.
This is probably true in many other countries besides the US.
There was not enough money to pay for the army.
Again, this is true for more countries besides the US.
Well, at least the Vandals didn't fly a jet plane into the colosseum.
Well, you certainly showed those pesky Iraqis never to do that again. Er...
We end up with a executive who doesn't represent the people.
No executive ever represents the people.
Do I see parallels between the roman empire and the US? Yes, they were both big and intimidating (not much else).
Do I think you're overreacting? Yes.
Why, yes! I AM new here.