[ccera]

I read that book when it came out. The title is sensationalist garbage -- the book shows how some people get snared by some fairly stupid federal laws and have their lives messed up by willfully malicious prosecution, which isn't good, of course, but nowhere does the author demonstrate how an average person commits three felonies in a YEAR, or in a LIFETIME, let alone in a day.

[yardie]

3 misdemeanors gets you a felony so highly likely you've committed a felony and don't even know it.

[genwin]

Have you ever not paid sales tax to your state, on an item you purchased tax-free online? That's felony tax evasion when the amount is high enough; varies by state.

[aidenn0]

Slight nit-pick; you need to pay use tax, not sales tax. Sales tax would be an illegal state regulation of interstate commerce.

[mpyne]

Use tax, not sales tax. If you're going to list obscure laws you should list them correctly. ;)