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Sets a bad precedent. Next they'll be analyzing receipts and purchases an hour or two before to determine if you were at a bar, working too late (tired), or whatever. Submit your health data as well, maybe your decision making was impaired by poor diet and lack of exercise.



> Sets a bad precedent.

Uh... you know they can already lock you in a cage for days or draw your blood or forcibly probe your anus, right? I think that it's a little too late for precedent.


They already analyze bar receipts.


> They already analyze bar receipts.

Do you have a source for this? It wouldn't surprise me, but it's the first I've heard of it.


One example:

Bar Receipts are used to Indict Suspect in Fatal 2013 Hit-And-Run.

>>Investigators interviewed witnesses and obtained bar receipts to determine when, where and how much McIvor had been drinking, said Sgt. Tony Landato, a Mesa police spokesman.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20140206mes...




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