Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 03:44:14 -0600 (MDT) From: Bear Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Government database correlations According to a sidenote on the minimum-wage bill recently passed, starting FY 98 (?) the federal government will maintain a list of _all_ court ordered child support payments and _all_ newly employed individuals, and then cross-correlate them. Needless to say, there appears to be no consideration of the inevitable problems with misidentification, security/privacy, etc. Undoubtedly, "if you don't have children out of wedlock and aren't divorced you have nothing to worry about." I picked this up from comp.risks. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
