[Blood of Tyrants]

When I try to explain this to people, they look at me like I am crazy. Any time you are required to pay or be threatened with deadly force (and ultimately they WILL break down your doors and kill you or drag you off), it is protection money.

Isn't this exactly how the mob works?

[Wolfstar]

Not only do they take the fruits of your labor by force, but these days here in California the combined fed/state take off the top of just about every wage earner is 40%. Forty cents out of ever dollar. For someone who makes a very middle class income of $50,000 per year and has few or no deductions, that's $20,000 to the government right off the top, leaving only $30,000 to pay rent, car payments, insurance, and other living expenses. It's no wonder more and more people are in debt to the government. Forget corporate greed — it's government greed we all have to worry about.