http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120522-barcode-everyone-at-birth
This week science fiction writer Elizabeth Moon argues that everyone should be given a barcode at birth.

“If I were empress of the Universe I would insist on every individual having a unique ID permanently attached - a barcode if you will; an implanted chip to provide an easy, fast inexpensive way to identify individuals.

It would be imprinted on everyone at birth. Point the scanner at someone and there it is.

Having such a unique barcode would have many advantages. In war soldiers could easily differentiate legitimate targets in a population from non combatants. MORE>>> http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120522-barcode-everyone-at-birth

(TLS-) They just throw out this idea like it's new and she just came up with it. They're getting the public acquainted with the idea slowly, "debating" the pros and cons. At a later date the preconditioning makes it possible for them in an emergency likely of their own creation to say "we no longer have a choice this must be done for the good of the everyone" Imagine a plague hitting the world and only those who have a vaccination are allowed to be free and not under quarantine, they are marked with a "tag". Watch the movie contamination it's new and the use of bracelets can easily be replaced with RFID / microchips.