New Fox Conspiracy: Cash for Clunkers Will Allow Gov’t To Seize ‘All Of Your Personal Info'

from ThinkProgress:



New Fox Conspiracy: Cash for Clunkers Will Allow Gov’t To Seize ‘All Of Your Personal and Private Information’

Appearing on Glenn Beck’s Fox News show last week, Fox anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle proposed the latest right-wing conspiracy theory about the Car Allowance Rebate System (commonly referred to as “cash for clunkers”) — that it is a secret plot to allow the government to control your computer:



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Guilfoyle may be worried about the “Terms of Service” on a government site. But as Hugh D’Andrade at the Electronic Frontier Foundation notes, these agreements do not give the government the right to tap into your system “any time they want.” “Moreover, the law has long forbidden the government from requiring you to give up unrelated constitutional rights (here the 4th Amendment right to be free from search and seizure) as a condition of receiving discretionary government benefits like participation in the Cars (sic) for Clunkers program,” adds D’Andrade.

The Guilfoyle-Beck conspiracy theory has been making rounds at both conservative blogs and conspiracy websites.

It joins other conservative attacks against the CARS program, which has been so successful that it has spurred the first increase in sales from any U.S.-based automaker since November 2007. The House recently voted to add an additional $2 billion to the program, and the Senate is expected to vote this week on replenishing its funds.


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/04/new-fox-conspiracy-cash-for-clunkers-will-allow-govt-to-seize-all-of-your-personal-and-private-information/

Do these people think they really have any big precious secrets they can keep from the guv if the guv wants to know something about them or their finances?

As far as I'm concerned, they can avoid the C4C program and leave the funds available for someone I know who really needs a new car to replace her 13yo van.

I think it started when I started paying social security at age 15. At age 18 I had to register for the draft. By then the government knew just about everything there was to know about me. I am now in my seventies and so far they have not bothered me. I wonder why these other people are so worried.

god only knows what they`ll find out when i go on medicare!

oh ya there`s that fbi file from my sds and hippie days...:smoke: :rofl:

Paranoid, stupid, and gullible.

No wonder the wealthy are using them to promote their agenda. They are so easy to fool.

because of the wild success. Their minions are NOT in tow. They must get them back.
OOOooooohhhh evilllllllllll gubminttttt gonna steal yer women and burn yer fields. FEAR! FEAR!

She should have stuck with the gig at Court TV.