Ron Paul Attacks Giuliani's Support Of National ID Card

Texas Congressman spotlights true agenda
to make every American carry their papers, not just immigrants

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Thursday, June 7, 2007

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During an appearance on MSNBC last night, presidential
candidate Ron Paul attacked Rudy Giuliani's support of a
national ID card, pointing out that its true agenda was
not to keep track of illegal aliens, but to force American
citizens to carry their papers and have their privacy invaded
by the government.

The Texas Congressman joined Tucker Carlson for an eight
minute interview. Watch the video below.

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"They should have a tamper-proof
I.D. card. It should be in a database that allows you to
figure out who they are, why they're here, make sure they're
not illegal immigrants coming here for a bad purpose, and
then to be able to throw out the ones who are not in that
database," Giuliani stated during the debate on Tuesday
night.

Mitt Romney also parroted Giuliani's call for a national
ID card, before Giuliani backpedaled and claimed he only
supported a national ID card for immigrants and not all
American citizens. But since illegal immigrants by their
very nature are elusive to track such a distinction is impossible
to make without forcing everyone living in the United States
to accept an ID card and metering out punishments for those
who refuse. If an ID card is introduced, it will be forced
upon American citizens as well as immigrants.

Asked if he echoed Giuliani's support
of a national ID card and a database, the Texas Congressman
responded, "Absolutely not - I voted against the Real
ID, I think the Real ID is the national ID card, it's introducing
the notion that we will be carrying our papers.".

Paul added that it was impossible to restrict a national
ID card solely to illegal aliens or hispanics and that the
idea made no sense.

"The (dangers) should never be bad enough to sacrifice
liberty and there's no reason to sacrifice liberty in thinking
that you're going to be safer," said Paul.

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Giuliani
cited credit card companies as an example of how large
amounts of information can be stored safely without a violation
of privacy.

In the Carlson interview, Ron Paul outlines the clear difference
between the private and government sector holding information
on an individual. If the private sector invades an individual's
privacy, they can turn to the government to enforce the
rule of law for a redress but no such opportunity exists
if the government invades privacy, such as in the case of
the warrantless wiretapping scandal, where the only recourse
is to cite the Constitution.

In addition, there have been numerous
cases where the databases of credit card companies have
been hacked and the information of millions of consumers
has been exposed to criminals, so how can we expect the
government to safeguard our information to any greater degree,
especially in light of the fact that many
ID schemes across the world are financed by means of
the government selling our information to all manner of
corporations and private business interests in the first
place?

Ron Paul's opposition to the introduction of a national
ID, like every other issue he stands for, has remained steadfast
and unwavering.

Shortly
after the introduction of the Real ID legislation in
January 2005, Dr. Paul denounced the national ID as "Not
proper in a free society," adding, "This is America,
not Soviet Russia. The federal government should never be
allowed to demand papers from American citizens, and it
certainly has no constitutional authority to do so."

“History shows that governments inevitably use such
power in harmful ways. The 9-11 commission, whose recommendations
underlie this bill, has called for internal screening points
where identification will be demanded. Domestic travel restrictions
are the hallmark of authoritarian states, not free nations.
It is just a matter of time until those who refuse to carry
the new licenses will be denied the ability to drive or
board an airplane," Paul concluded.