The only good reason I can think of for this technology, is to protect people from alien abductions like an Anti-Theft Device.
The only thing this will be used for, will be to take away your rights, freedoms, and your money. It will be used to control your life, your travel, and who you are seen with. There will be a high profile kidnapping story, and the byline will be it could have been prevented by having a chip implanted.
There will be more cases of identity fraud, and the media and government will demand that people start to use the chip to protect their identity. This will also lead to the end of paper currency, as Identity Fraud, and Currency counterfeiting will be exposed more to us as dangerous. People will give up their freedoms one at a time because they'll be brainwashed into thinking it will be for their own good. I say to all of those sheep out there just waiting to be taken to the slaughter, enjoy your safety while it lasts, because it will be fleeting.
There are so many idiots who think that digital technologies are the answer, when in fact they are more of a problem. My wife just found out that since 1978 the IRS and the Social Security Administration had her birthday confused with another tax payer. Isn't that nice? Not only did this error screw up her tax refund, but, her student loan debt tripled. She's been told that regardless of their mistake, the only thing that's going to get fixed is her birthdate. The money that someone else got for education, and her social security payments is gone.
You see, there's a problem with government and technology. Neither one is worth a damn when really large. The fact that we have to live with their mistake is not only an insult, but a grevious injury. If there is one thing I'd like to see happen to our nation, it would be that our government would shrink, and become less intrusive in our lives. I'd also like it very much if our leaders would start to represent our interests instead of their own.
That of course will never happen, since Larry Ellison, coupled with Digital Angel has seen fit to not only do all of the work necessary to create a nation wide database on everyone, but helped to develop the chip technology for human use in the first place. You see, there are dangerous people in the world, and none of them have been truly vilified the way they should be. When one person controls your life, in every facet, they are your oppressor. This is only yet another form of oppression.
Throw out your credit cards. Get rid of your cellphones, kiss your cable goodbye, as well as your internet access. Throw it all away, and do all of your business in person. Pay cash for everything when you can. Don't be afraid of government, that's how they get their power. I hate what our nation is becoming, and it's becoming this police state because of true, unparalleled idiocy. I hope someday the stupid are rounded up like cattle, and hauled away, to let the intelligent people who are free thinkers live in peace.