The Strengthing of the State . . . .

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Asset Forfeiture Evidence of the Growing U.S. Police State

These asset seizures fund further growth of the police state. The same process is at work whenever any state expands its power and size. In earlier centuries, as monarchs extended taxes to peasants, they frequently revolted. The taxes aided the monarch in building up armed forces to quell revolts and collect taxes, that is, to institute a stronger state.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/asset-forfeiture-evidence-of-the-growing-u-s-police-state/