"Meh, i think it's more about having to many stupid laws. Lying to a federal agent is 5 years, even if you don't know they're a federal agent? that's madness."

"Meh, i think it's more about having to many stupid laws. Lying to a federal agent is 5 years, even if you don't know they're a federal agent? that's madness." Sure, but such laws must be enforceable, and they must be enforceable with the resources available to law enforcement agencies. We have a lot of stupid laws, but over the period of time where those lose were passed we also increased the power and authority of the police. "I think your approach of making everything hard, really just makes government expensive." Thus making it accountable to the citizens, as those expenses must be paid for with tax money (or debt, which is just a way to postpone tax collection). Eventually people start to complain about the poor funding for education, healthcare, parks, and other things. Eventually, the limited tolerance people have for government spending begins to catch up with law enforcement (though we are nowhere near that point). Of course, for the past few decades, we have taken the alternative approach: prioritizing law enforcement over civil rights and reducing or eliminating the obstacles to law enforcement.