Yes government has taken away much, most if not all by using divide and conquer techniques.
For far too long Government has stepped in and started to put people on welfare , instead of looking out for the welfare of its people.
It is the people who have the power, yet again, these days its almost a crime to want to stand up for your rights, in the event you have offended someones misunderstanding of the law.
When we bend laws for people who seem to have no regard for the law, then we bind ourselves to world of confusion and chaos.
Its what the Government depends on, to misinform and deceive people, break up families, and have parents so busy trying to pay bills they don't have time to care for the child.
What a mischievous pot they have put people in, one that they slowly are turning up the heat, one that most wont realize anything and end up dead like boiled frog.