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Old 05-20-2012, 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
Sounds like a good idea. How many times do you think that a worker in a grocery store would know what to look for with respect to checking on someone's fingerprints to see if they are who they say they are?..........
Oh give me a BREAK!!! The article says the fingerprinting has been done on APPLICANTS, not shoppers!!!!!!!

Teachers have to get fingerprinted to get their teaching license originally and for renewals. Does that make all of THEM "stigmatized" as likely child molesters?????????? Or how about nurses and doctors? Are THEY stigmatized as some kind of criminal for getting fingerprinted for licensure???

And as for "discouraging" the hungry from applying, the only people who would be "discouraged" from applying because of fingerprinting are those who are here in the USA illegally and they don't want to send up a red flag to immigration authorities.

ALBANY — New York City would have to stop requiring the electronic fingerprinting of food stamp applicants under regulations proposed on Thursday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo,