More Buck Pass than ID Pass by UK Government

The government loves to get others to do their dirty work and there is a prime example of that tactic in practice today with the government's decision to employ Boots and other Pharmacies in helping roll out their ill fated ID Card Scheme.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8036536.stm

As part of a plan - ever helpful in distracting people from the $1T theft that has occurred as part of the credit crunch and/or the resulting sh*tty state of the UK (economy) - the government intends to blow some of the money they've been busy printing, and a £60 IDiot tax for all those signing up for cards, by offering up to 62 million customers and the best part of £4B in revenue to the chemists.

Unsurprisingly the National Pharmacy Association and some twat from Boots think it's a good idea.

Boots have benefited substantially from the Smoking Ban and government commitment to Nicotine Replacement Therapy (patches) as the preferred method for giving up smoking. They have also been instrumental in reframing the issue. This begs the question WHO in the decision making tree of the government has an interest in Boots or is Home Secretary - Gordon Brown thought he was appointing his typist - Jacqui Smith just hoping 'to get the Boots points' to spend on hair removal cream out of the deal?