Being hassled by the govt sucks whether there is anything to be found or not. As to your last sentence does Joe the Plumber ring a bell? Hows about the guy that asked Clintoon in a public forum to name any country that had taxed itself to prosperity.
So, you think even the threat of being IRSed should be sufficient to silence patriotic and honest Americans?
Did you know that only about 40% of the colonial population participated in the fight against England? Something like 40% of the colonial population actively or inactively supported England. Then there was the 20% who took no side at all. Some of them were just apathetic bumps on a log, I’m sure. And then some there were those who thought it would be safer just to sit things out. Which of those two groups most describes you?