As long as there is cash then things can be exchanged off the books. When they move to eliminate cash, that is when you will know that the end is near.
Think of all of the tax free money that is currently earned...anyone who works for tips, for instance...having to suddenly go "on record." That will be an unhappy day.
Think also of the goldbug trend in the last several years. People are still buying gold because they fear (rightfully so) the weakening of the dollar...increased inflation and its inevitable lower dollar purchasing power.
Recently, Illinois moved to tax internet transactions that were vaguely connected to their state. Amazon responded by immediately terminating any and all Illinois based vendors. The vendors will have no recourse other than to live without Amazon business or move out of state. I expect that Illinois will be moving to push a nationwide internet tax so that they can have their revenue without having to suffer their victims wising up and moving to a different state.
Another point would be the stockpiling of guns and ammo for the purpose of being able to properly deal with anarchy.
These items and the above mentioned private currency are all threads in the same cloth that may or may not be woven together in the near future. Undoubtedly there are other threads not mentioned but the idea is the same: a growing and expanding soft tyranny.
This is why they so fear the Tea Party. Because it alone stands against this trend.
Anyway...a lot of rambling and random thoughts here but this really is what Toonces wants...the chaos and instability. Crashing the system. Cloward/Pivens and all that crap. I really, really don't like these guys.