Wyden, Udall vindicated: Obama Admin Caught LYING?

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15. Yup, and what's the alternative?

I always roll my eyes at the argument that people sign up for these things willingly, when, more and more, participation in our society offers little alternative, unless you want to go live in a cabin and explain to your boss why you choose not to have a cell phone or use the internet.

Last year I read the Obama administration's proposal and solicitation to the business community for plans for an internet ID. The whole thing was about how the ID would be marketed as wholly optional, but that the business plan would use financial carrots and cudgels to ensure that it would be impossible for websites to decline to require it. They want it to blanket the internet in a very short period of time and for its use to be unavoidable.