And that's precisely why our founders didn't believe a standing army was a proper function of the federal government. We are being forced to pay for our own incarceration and there's nothing we can do about it because not enough people will stand up together and say NO for fear of being shot as a 'threat'. We have seen what happens to those who get on the wrong side of the government ala' Waco, Ruby Ridge and others. Seeing US Citizens burned alive is an excellent deterrent for future disenters.