We dont have to go too far in the history to see similar cases. It was illegal to own gold till 1974 and when that law was passed on 1933 , all the gold was supposed to voluntarily taken to Federal Reserve. In case you were still holding it, it was up to $10K fine or even up to 5 yrs in prison. Now same thing is happening with pension plans in different countries in EU where the money is just taken by the government and system "restructured" to cover the massive holes in the budget (caused by poor money management). So what im trying to say that governments dont change until system fundamentally changes.