The United States has the look and feel of power. There is, however, that which can pull the "blanket" of strength right out from under the united States on almost a moment's notice. It is the knowledge and understanding of the people.
Ayn Rand brought the point out into the open. She was from Russia, saw what the Russian government did to their people, how the people were deceived into trusting the government. The brief explanation of it is here
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=992203.msg10797358#msg10797358. It is the same thing that the United States Empire is doing to its people. People can wake up.
The difference between the American Government and the Russian Government is what the two were officially founded on... the statements in their founding documents.
The Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights, allow for each individual human being in America - more easily used if they are not U.S. citizens - to put down every order and law and command of the United States or their individual State. The backbone document of the most powerful country of the world allows for the people of that country to stop paying taxes any moment that they want, if only the people learn the simple way to do it and then do it.
The places to go to learn are:
http://voidjudgments.com/http://1215.org/The places for seeing how to put the knowledge into practical operation are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOkAHRzuiOA&list=PLHrkQxgz0mg6kUBciD-HIvTXByqjcIZ-Dhttp://www.myprivateaudio.com/Karl-Lentz.htmlhttp://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss127469.xmlhttp://www.youtube.com/user/765736/videos?view=0&live_view=500&flow=grid&sort=dahttp://www.broadmind.org/Google and Youtube search "Karl Lentz common law."