William H. Geiger III wrote: Well probably the most effective way is to
   just take out the command and control center. Even this would only be
   temporary as the government would just keep spending more tax money to
   replace everything and add more security. What we need is a mechanism
   to punish the politicians who go down the Big Brother path *and* the
   companies who are making big profits helping them. Simple check and
   balance alternative #4: Receive a buck of public funds as income, lose
   your right to vote due to conflict of interest. This applies to all
   civil servants, politicians, military personnel, LEAs, welfare
   recipients, subsidy recipients, medicare recipients, social security
   recipients, incarcerated prisoners (they already have it) -- and any
   others who have a vested interest in the continuance of the gravy
   train. Hereafter referred to as the 'Separation of Socialism and State
   amendment'. Perhaps they could all form a union and tax each other for
   their common good. Actually, when you read the wording of the tax code,
   this is exactly what was intended (http://www.tax-freedom.com), and is,
   in fact, the law.