> The government issues an identifier to me (separate from SSN). I feel OK giving that number to restaurants.
Wow, can anyone imagine reading this in the beginning of 2019? The totalitarians come out in huge numbers recently.
It was once considered totalitarian to be asked at the East German border if one had any "contraband" (books or magazines that were frowned upon).
Now at the U.S. border one can be asked if one has any "contraband".
Next we all get a government id to pass on to private businesses. How about a "social credit" score, China style?