[pgyanke]

When did this become a country where the government’s convenience trumps the rights of the people?

[Talisker]

When did this become a country where the government’s convenience trumps the rights of the people?

July 28, 1868

[IncPen]

When did this become a country where the government’s convenience trumps the rights of the people?

If your next door neighbor works for the IRS or the county or some agency, your neighbor is the government.

Does your neighbor have the right to read the texts you send to your wife, or come to your house and go through your bank statement?

Hell no.

'The Government' is people acting in their own interest, disregarding yours.