Cracking down hard on honest tax payers makes me believe they're very, very afraid of the above scenario happening when people have had enough. Which brings me back to this:

I like your writing style for this! Makes me miss TMAN. What amazes me most is that it's exclusively used for more surveillance, and not for more border security. It's like anyone can get in, after which they'll just tighten the ropes on everyone in the country "because of terrorism". Open borders are used to reduce privacy, that started years. Years ago with, after many ATM bombings in my country, and thethey removed many ATMs. The ultimate goal is no doubt to get rid of all cash money. On my last trip through Germany, there were long lines at the gas station toilets. Not because the toilets were full, but because 90% of the people use their debitcard to pay €1 to open the gate to the toilet, which is much slower than dropping a euro coin into the machine. Their bank literally knows when and where they take a piss!

Cracking down hard on honest tax payers makes me believe they're very, very afraid of the above scenario happening when people have had enough. Which brings me back to this:

I like your writing style for this! Makes me miss TMAN. What amazes me most is that it's exclusively used for more surveillance, and not for more border security. It's like anyone can get in, after which they'll just tighten the ropes on everyone in the country "because of terrorism". Open borders are used to reduce privacy, that started years ago with ATM bombings in my country, and the ultimate goal is no doubt to get rid of all cash money. On my last trip through Germany, there were long lines at the gas station toilets. Not because the toilets were full, but because 90% of the people use their debitcard to pay €1 to open the gate to the toilet, which is much slower than dropping a euro coin into the machine. Their bank literally knows when and where they take a piss!