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Quote by: eburchelli Don't be silly. The government has everyone in their database via the IRS. I don't hear any of you complaining about that. They already know a lot more about us than even we can guess at. If they wanted Mr. or Mrs. John Q. Public, they already have enough information on us to get us. People are being paranoid about these so-called secret programs. There has been spying since time began. It isn't something that was just invented in 2000 when Bush became President. |
Well perhaps you haven't been around here long enough to know some of us. There are several people here, of which I am one, who advocate the total abolishment of the IRS.
I also understand that the American government will get the average citizen if they want him, yet when it comes to OBL, Mexican Drug dealers, or similar bad gys, they have more excuses than Carter has pills.
Anyone who thinks that the American government doesn't "spy" on their citizens is just naiive. It is just the terminology here. They think the word "spy" and think either James Bond or "Spy vs Spy" in Mad Magazine. When I think of the word "spy" I think warrantless intrusion into the privacy of citizens. As in when the government monitors all $10,000 deposits into private bank accounts through the IRS.