4 This is why historically no government has ever willingly ceded power back to its citizens - the motivation of the system runs entirely the other way

The only 'sneaky' thing I may have implied (unintentionally) is that this is not clear to most people (whether misinformed or unaware) and not part of what in most mediums sell.

... and tax rebates don't *define "power", at least not to me.

My apologies to all for perpetuating a political discussion, but as I've just seen AnnaS remarks, I hope my feeble attempts at bringing the definition of a term to focus will help us maintain this *course