You have to be quite gullible to fall for that. If the government were to rely on people honesty, then why do this in the first place? If you were to mark these

You have to be quite gullible to fall for that. If the government were to rely on people honesty, then why do this in the first place? If you were to mark these transactions, then you'd also include them in your tax return. This is just to get their foot in the door. Once it's there, it's much easier to expand the surveillance activity.