How much surveillance do you think the government is actually doing on ordinary citizens?

Question

For example, I got a violation notice in the mail for going throgh the toll booth without paying 13 times. They had everything documented--photos of the car/license plate, the time(military time to the very second) and going back 2 years.

I'll bet you everything you say on the phone is recorded and stored in a data base. I wonder about the internet-is that regulated yet-I'm not so sure?

Answer 1

Very little.

Think of the expense and manpower that would be required to monitor even a tiny percentage of phone conversations.  There are simply too many other things that can be done with that money and those people which would achieve better (and more useful) results.

People who think that the government actually cares about what they have to say really need to lose the over-inflated ego.

Answer 2

We are looked at harder than one would think. Big Brother is watching, teaching and breaking us!!!!!!! You want proof.

Look at our educational system: Remember the dumber the next generation the stronger the government.

Take a look at all the cameras, Patriot Act, Phone Taps, search and seizers etc.

Now look at the average wage. NAFTA: ships out jobs, Illegals bring in cheap labor to depress wages.

We are working harder for less, our family structure is falling apart, we are losing. Remember our government uses divide and conquer. Keep us fighting over, race, religion, abortion, etc. We can and will never unite, meanwhile our government gets bigger. remember any law out there that uses fear or children. It will take away your rights. Once people quite arguing about the left and right and none sense and unite. We are all doomed. Say hello to big brother!!!!!

Answer 3

More then we know !!!!

Answer 4

I think the government actually wastes very little time surveilling ordinary citizens.  They save their surveillance equipment for where their interests lie, like in the revenue generated by toll booths.

Answer 5

I'm as opposed to domestic spying as anyone, but what happened to you at the toll booth was law enforcement, not spying.