You’ve probably noticed your cash-strapped state government is becoming increasingly aggressive as tax revenues continue to tank due to extremely weak business activity.

Now we have the worrisome spectacle of cash-desperate state and federal authorities taking out TV ads threatening the public.

What’s telling about Pennsylvania’s taxpayer attack ad campaign is that it brags how you have no shield of privacy from government snoops. It is a classic example of a disturbing trend: A situation in which bureaucrats have forgotten their place as public servants and now openly regard taxpayers as subjects to be preyed upon — not a master to serve.

The tax-collection ad informs residents "We DO know who you are," and it warns them to "find us before we find you."

View the State of Pennsylvania’s TV ad here: And no, this is not a spoof!