This ridiculous project is still a go, but as we've discussed before, it's likely going to end up costing more than $68 billion -- probably at least $100 billion of wealth will be confiscated, all said and done. They lied to the taxpayers in order to get them to vote to approve the bonds back in '08 -- about the cost, about it paying for itself,...
... money, of course. It's being sold as economic stimulus, and it may indeed stimulate the economy (at least temporarily) in the six areas that are chosen as the test sites, but is it worth the trade off in terms of possible loss of privacy and civil liberties down the road? Rather slippery slope, to say the least. A couple of cities in...
