[philetus]

It's going to get worse.
The politicians are taking more and more liberties in the way they act towards the "people".
They can get away with just about anything, these days, and they know it.
They and the "elite" think they are some kind of royalty with God given rights to take anything they want.

[BobL]

"The politicians are taking more and more liberties in the way they act towards the "people"."

Tell me about it. One byproduct of the toll road conversion is that we all get to drive around with little transponders in our car, so that our "friends" in Austin can keep an eye on us. As far as I know, the State of Texas has no privacy provisions for this data, so anyone with access, for any reason, can keep an eye on us, and figure out our patterns. Don't be surprised that in the near-future, the state starts selling this data to people like private employers.