Suppose you live in a free country where innocence is assumed and guilt must be proven? I'd much rather live in a place where that dang mobster that "no one ca

Suppose you live in a free country where innocence is assumed and guilt must be proven? I'd much rather live in a place where that dang mobster that "no one can touch" gets a little rich and evades the law (until that day he doesn't), than to live in a dystopian totalitarian mega-state (e.g. China). > Is it unreasonable that law enforcement asks how did you aquire an amount of money that is greater than you could ever earn in your lifetime? Yes, very much so. It's very, very, incredibly dangerous to fall into the trap of allowing a system that asks someone to prove their innocence and that is exactly what your question is asking. > it's nearly the same mechanism as what was used against alcapone to jail him for income (sic) tax evasion Nearly the same is not the same. In other words, it'd be OK to check that the $10,000,000 dollar bank account owner did pay taxes on it. If not, well, ooof. But also, how do we know he had a $10M bank account in the first place? That info had better be obtained legally too.