[Por_sha911]

Please allow me to make two points:
1) Our constitutional rights are balanced by the good of society as a whole. I may not have the correct legal words for it but the best example is that you do not have the right to yell "fire" in a crowded movie theater. The right of free speech is controlled for the good of the rest of society.
2) Laws concerning large amounts of cash are set in place NOT to control people but to monitor them for illegal activity such as drug trafficking, counterfeiting, money laundering... The laws are in place to catch the bad guys. It seems to me that the issue is disclosure versus hidden transactions. That's why the customs guys ask if you have anything to declare. A police state is one that controls whether you can have the money and if you may buy what you want with it. Is this any different from concealed weapon laws? Seems to me that the only ones that should be upset are the ones that have something to hide.

I am a libertarian (not a liberal) and believe in small government. I bristle at the government controlling what I can do BUT I have to accept that these laws are in place to protect me.