If You Can't Tax It, Steal It

If Congress somehow manages to constrain the tax revenue to the federal government, the federal government will simply steal it. Forfeiture is the process by which officers can take cash and property away from people without convicting or even charging them with a crime. This sort of thing is supposed to be prohibited by the 4th amendment to the constitution, but, then, who other than Antonin Scalia pays attention to that old thing anymore. [This is only federal forfeitures. If state totals were added it would probably be at least a half-billion dollars higher.]