I think I've heard that the USA federal gov is bigger than in the past, as in controlling more of an American's life than in its history. Is it like government revenue divided by gdp? What about minting?
I like to try websites out before tying my identity to them. How do you do it? Simplelogin? I honestly won't manually make a new gmail for every new website I try and I to want the option to see what emails I get.