Implant Tracking Chips in "Immigrants?" A slippery slope

The technology has been around for several years now and has been utilized primarily in pets. Now, LiveScience.com is reporting that Big Gov't may be looking to implant "immigrants and guest workers."

"Silverman was being interviewed on "Fox & Friends." Responding to the Bush administration's call to know "who is in our country and why they are here," he proposed using VeriChip RFID implants to register workers at the border, and then verify their identities in the workplace. He added, "We have talked to many people in Washington about using it...."

The VeriChip is a very small Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag about the size of a large grain of rice. It can be injected directly into the body; a special coating on the casing helps the VeriChip bond with living tissue and stay in place. A special RFID reader broadcasts a signal, and the antenna in the VeriChip draws power from the signal and sends its data. The VeriChip is a passive RFID tag; since it does not require a battery, it has a virtually unlimited life span."

(Question: if government operatives have the opportunity to implant illegals, wouldn't that be the time to deport them? But that's not the gist of this post.)

At the risk of sounding paranoid, this is a very slippery slope, which could lead to a national mandate in lieu of a national ID Card. This concept isn't popular right now, but far too many sheeple could easily be convinced that their safety depends on it.

I have a question totally unrelated to the innate privacy factor of this product. I'm wondering if and when products get the go ahead by Congress and other agencies, do Congressmen have an unfair advantage by being able to invest in these corporations before the rest of us? Don't they have access to invaluable insider information, or am I coming to this realization a couple of centuries too late. Surely there are rules discouraging or preventing such cronyism. Isn't there?

If government insiders know what contracts are going to be signed in advance, are they able to invest in these companies before their stock goes off the charts? Could this be one reason there is so much money in politics when it fact it pays so little?