I sat on a Federal Grand Jury for year. I learned that money laundering was one of the Feds best tools for pulling white collar scum out of society.
Plenty of people have things to hide. Wanting to conceal information about yourself does not make you a criminal. At least last time I checked. For example. We all conceal are real identities on this forum.
Shall I explain what it is about this view that's so repellant? Would anyone understand if I pointed out that government has successfully engineered a shift from a presumption of innocence, to a presumption of guilt? What was formerly a burden of proof on government to show WHY it needs to invade our privacy, has been turned inside out: now "law 'n' order" cultists are bleating that a preference for privacy is prima facie evidence of guilt.
Slaves.
Really, Sir? Then tell us all about yourself. All the intimate details. Please leave nothing out.
What? We're not entitled to know? But gosh, we're just people here, and the people ARE the government. We really want to know. Especially if you spend more money on something than we think your income would "reasonably allow." You may have been stuffing a matress or a coffee-can for several years, but while you're probably a decent, honest person, we can't quite trust you, so come clean, pcl, right here, right now. Don't make us interrogate your family. This will be a very quick and clean process.
You wouldn't have anything to hide, would you? Then you have nothing to fear.
It's about the Children/Terrorists don't you know. You wouldn't want to be anti-child, or anti-terrorist, would you? Cough it up.
We mean you no harm. We have your best interests at heart. Always.