Then, to make things "more secure" and keep your electronic debit card from being stolen, they will offer to have a chip inserted with links to all of your financial and medical information.
Finally, they will eliminate the cards completely and the only way to conduct any financial transactions or get medical care will be if you have your chip...
We've only known about this for 2000 years or so. :-)
Thank God we didn't elect an ID thief for president, that required access to everyone's bank account.
Oh wait....
"And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." [Rev 14:9-12]
“Finally, they will eliminate the cards completely and the only way to conduct any financial transactions or get medical care will be if you have your chip...”
There’s way too much money and power involved in the illegal drug trade to go that route. For that reason, I suspect we’ll never move to a cashless system.