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When I was in the bar business, I really did keep two sets of books and the feds never saw mine.

They had very strange rules, and back in the 70s cash was a great leveler, today, not so much.

We did many things "off the books", and as much as I hate the feds, I'm only sorry, I didn't do more.

With all of the tracking methods that are in place today, I wouldn't have a clue how to operate "close to the line".

With all of the tracking methods that are in place today, I wouldn't have a clue how to operate "close to the line"

I've wondered about this too in a general sense. I'm sure various agencies have the power to put you under a microscope if the need arises. The question is, how much can they do to everyone generally, and how much is recorded so they can come back and do it later.

I wish I believed that, if the feds had the ability to survey everyone, they would address the blatant criminal activity that we see, from border jumping, to identity theft, to waste/fraud/abuse by government employees to corruption in government leadership. But, I don't believe the absence of seeing that result means they don't have that power.

I'm sure that if we ever do push back hard against the deep state, we'll find out in short order just what they're capable of.