Sigh...
Please see MineralMan's post #60 above. Where do you wish the slippery slope to stop? How about unannounced quarterly inspections of your home office and computer, but only by friendly and qualified SEC personnel?
Too many innocent people get pulled into the dragnet using heavy-handed methods like universal fingerprinting and license/registration/insurance roadblocks. It breeds distrust of the police and resentment towards the government. These techniques should be rejected and avoided at all times.
~ Blue Jays ~
I don't fear the so-called "slippery slope" as much as some do here on Free Republic.
My lack of fear is not out of naivete or wishful thinking - but instead it's based on real-life thinking.
On a side note, my desk, my PC and my work are already subject to un-announced inspection by the company I work for, by external auditors and by the SEC.