Thanks. I thought about phony entries (just to “F” with them) but was leery of some kind of federal statute about making false statements on official government documents. I considered just telling them to piss off but that just invites a hostile response (which I can handle but why invite it?).
I discovered long ago that passive aggressive is always the best policy when dealing with the gubmint. Don’t make yourself a target, don’t make yourself a martyr, just don’t cooperate.
An axiom I learned from my dad came in the form of a rhetorical question: “Do you have to get mad in order to get what you want?” Are you capable of maintaining an emotional detachment while engaging the enemy? Employing this principle has allowed me to turn the tables on bureaucrats and smug a-holes for years. Figure out ahead of time what your endgame is and never allow your opponent to drag you off your mark. Never give away an advantage (especially when they hold all the best cards!), never compromise your principles, and never give an inch.
More than ever we need to have strategies to survive encounters with an increasingly lawless and ruthless government.