Great post, but the scale of the problem was off by an order of magnitude. The theft is measured in billions per year these days. It's hard to get an exact nu

Great post, but the scale of the problem was off by an order of magnitude. The theft is measured in billions per year these days. It's hard to get an exact number since most of the data combines criminal and civil forfeiture - but even those numbers don't include all the state programs. From my reading on the topic I think it's fairly safe to say it's over the $2B/yr mark and growing.