Money itself is illegal under certain circumstances."Being a Cow and Lacking ID in West Bengal, India [is illegal]"
Possession of large sums of cash is illegal.
Giving too much money away (without telling the government about it) is illegal.
You could lose your cash (under Forfeiture Law) if you had too much on you and would be presumed a drug dealer even if you never so much as took or sold a single aspirin. Burden of Proof and Presumption of Innocence would not apply. The presence of cash and police suspicion is enough. Your money will be confiscated and the courts will forfeit it unless you spend $$ to "defend" yourself. Your rights don't matter. The fact that it 'belongs' to you doesn't matter. If you have too much, defend yourself, you scoundrel!
You could break the Tax Law if you gave too much money away -- and the power of the IRS is almost unlimited when came to tracking you down and making you pay, pay, pay. You are "allowed" to give $12,000 to a friend or family member without reporting but if in the same year you give them another penny it would bring the total gift allotment over the statutory limit and you would be breaking the law if you didn't report.
It's illegal to drive without paying tax (well, almost). The State of Virginia has sanctioned a study to consider a per-mile driving tax. One of the things they will consider is that as alternative fuels continue to replace gasoline the state will want to develop different ways to generate funds.
Speaking can get you arrested (sometimes).
Freedom of speech does not cover yelling "FIRE" in a crowded movie theater. Even mentioning the word "bomb" in airports can be enough for you to have committed a crime.
The Nanny-State
State legislatures have passed bills criminalizing smoking in vehicles where children are present. Driving while not wearing a seatbelt is also a stoppable offense. Which means that a police officer can pull you over and ticket you (with a fine of up to $250.00 for multiple violations) if you are not wearing a seatbelt. The two laws show growing prevalence of the Nanny State. In a similar manner, States have decided that they have an interest in public health and have passed laws allowing taxing cigarettes as a 'deterrent' because smoking is bad for us. The monies generated from the inflated cigarette tax go to the general fund, which will not aid in health care or smoking cessation.
How can it get worse?
The FBI is trying to expand the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) to have greater electronic surveillance capabilities. If passed, the bill would force manufacturers of common networking devices (ethernet hubs, telephone switches, wifi routers, etc) to develop modifications and upgrades that integrate built-in backdoors that allow law enforcement or others to monitor traffic.
How can it get worse? By using a National Identification Card system combined with a national information database. The House of Representatives passed, H.R. 10, The 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act. Among other things, this act allows Congress to standardize driver’s tests in all 50 states. Then, instead of being issued a State Drivers License you will be issued a National Identification card. This gives the Federal government the ability to track you physically, and at their sole discretion, offers them a way to compile your personal, medical, and financial records as well as library and gun records. A similar bill was also passed in the Senate (S. 2845 National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004). The cost in tax payer dollars for "Real ID" is in the billions.
But it's not just the government and the last two are interconnected. The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) sent a letter to Congress recently begging for more federal funding for Real ID. Why would an organization, whose membership includes AOL, Microsoft, Verizon and Yahoo, support a national ID card? For the answer, we look at a fundamental adage of Washington politics: Follow the money. Included in the ITAA membership list are Digimarc and Northrop Grumman, companies that specialize in creating high-tech ID cards, as well as Choicepoint and LexisNexis, data brokers that make their money selling personal information about you to advertisers and the government. These companies stand to make millions upon millions in contracts from states who are struggling with a federal mandate to overhaul their licensing systems and share more data.
I'll end my rant with a comment that our governments are themselves governed by their multinational corporate benefactors, not us. Going back to Squirt's comment, Being a Cow and Lacking ID in West Bengal, India isn't the only thing that is illegal. Not anymore.
~Granps
). I may not be truly "free", but I'm happy with how my country is governed. If theres some odd injustices, than so be it. When you try to get 20 odd million people to abide by one law set which gives everyone total freedom without anarchy there is always going to be problems. There will always be someone who disagrees with some law, some minority that gets f
but I like AMERIKA. 
