To remind us that we are state property. Inventory, if you wish :-) We have been subjugated. We exist to pay taxes to our owners; the older word for this was paying "tribute," at swordpoint.
Government is tax herding. We, the people, are the herd. There is nothing about government that can't be explained by 1) the Mafia protection racket, and 2) a good manual on animal husbandry.
I was reading in the Feb. 6 - March 4, 2006 National Catholic Register an article credited to North Country Gazette, Feb 13, which tells how David Ridenour, attorney for hospice where Terri resided, that Ridenour facilitated Michael and Jodie's marriage.
Ridenour was a member of the marriage tribunal in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, thereby defying canon law which prohibits marriage if a person causes death of his/her spouse.
Inventory is a good word. It seems like that's all we are. It has been said that one reason for the "amnesty" is to shore up Social Security. The politicians have been raiding the fund since its inception, not realizing that pretty soon people were going to expect payment. People are living longer these days. One doctor(the story was posted here)said that people living longer, so he envisioned the retirement age being pushed upward to 85.
Forced exit is going to become more prevelant as time goes on.