It doesn't surprise me at all that those dependent on the government for meeting basic needs would be targeted first. When faced with hunger I'd imagine people are quite agreeable. I know that plenty of gov't assistance recipients are just lazy (at best), but I've known good people who needed assistance at one time or another.

Personally, if I needed help with my grocery bill, I'd starve before accepting any kind of biometric ID anything. Meaning, I'd figure SOMETHING else out. And that suggests that if this tech were to be put in place, it could potentially weed out the lazy, unmotivated leechers from the rest.

If this does ever get implemented, I'd suggest to anyone on assistance who does not wish to submit to it, to suddenly "acquire a job" that pays 60k+ so you can get totally off of their radar. It's probably just me being paranoid, but if this does happen, I'd imagine you may have difficulty removing yourself from their programs otherwise.