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zenmaster10665, I appreciate your concerns, and share them to a certain extend. However, there are also huge benefits to be gained from such national databases. Law enforcement is just one of them.
Just one example of the benefits: if the government can see where everyone spends their money on, they can adjust their economic policies to match those spending patterns. They'll be able to spend your tax money much more efficiently, allowing the economy to grow, and the taxes to be lowered.
FYI, I work for a private company that creates information systems for hospitals. Basically, it's a bunch of databases containing every bit of (relevant) information about their patients. I, in my role as tech support, have access to that information. If you were one of these patients, I could find out all about your nasty diseases, where you live, what you eat, etc. Sometimes, we even get full copies of those databases for testing purposes.
Some people think it's scary that I have access to such a database, because of privacy issues; they're afraid I might abuse the power. However, I have no medical training, so don't know what those fancy latin descriptions mean. Furthermore, I couldn't care less about your specific details; I only care about the software errors, database problems and the like. I'd say I actually *need* access to that database.
What is your opinion on this? Should I or should I not be able to see all that information?
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