The government, any government world wide, in attempting to fix something that is bad always institutes something that is worse. Sooner or later their attention will turn to the high interest rates charged on credit cards. The government is going to want it's part of that action, and will issue it's own credit/debit card, or in conjunction with banks manage to find a way to dip it's beak a little.
It won't be suprising to see the NID also be used to charge things at a much lower interest rate than is charged by banks, or it may be able to track purchases, it gives the IRS the perfect vehicle to know exactly how much money everyone has and their spending habits which, if they want, can be sold to merchandizers. This is not the mark of the beast, people may have credit cards, or one national id, or an implant in your right hand that a scanner can pick up, but they will become useless eventually unless the mark of the beast is also present in your hand or forehead. The ink that could be used for this is already available, it's invisible to the naked eye, yet can be picked up by scanner, there are many things that can be used.
All these things are incremental, one harmless step at a time, until after the trap is set, not by man, but by Satan, the one who I believe is behind all the conspiracy theories. It just makes those in government think a person is nuts to think they are engaged in some conspiracy other than to cover their on guilty tracks. It makes them think you are just as nuts to believe there will be a world dictator.
Just imagine using these cards or id's world wide for a number of years, only to have a world dictator take over and demand his mark on you before you are able to buy or sell, and you, unlucky soul, are already registered in the system. A sudden stop of activity in your accounts or card will send a red flag that says, investigate this.
Some, that study the prophecies of the bible, and believe the USofA to be Babylon, feel that we won't be around for the mark anyway, as we are destroyed in a plot cooked up by the anti-Christ to destroy us in one hour and step into the void we create as a world power. Pre-Ben Ladin, the idea that one individual could influence a group of nations to destroy the USofA would have been snickered at, but as time passes all things are revealed.
I can't think that ommy's the anti-christ but I do think he is a fore-runner. Unless the end times prophecies have been misunderstod wholesale we will have to see much greater unrest in the ME than we now have. Is it right around the corner??? Or twenty years in the future???