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soooo the steps: 1) nobody owned the land 2) governments formed and took the land 3) now we need to rent our purchased land from the government?
by djschnei 11y ago
soooo the steps:
1) nobody owned the land
2) governments formed and took the land
3) now we need to rent our purchased land from the government?
- bcheung 11y agoAnd also 4) the rent proceeds go back to the people. The people are the real owners. The government is just the administrative agent acting on their behalf.
- djschnei 11y agoI mean this in the nicest way possible... It's cute that you think that. By that logic, assuming you are a tax payer, you are $159k+ in debt thanks to the government acting on your behalf. http://www.usdebtclock.org/ http://www.usdebtclock.org/
- ctdonath 11y agoTry not paying property tax and see how long you can stay on your "purchased land". I'm not yet seeing much addressing determination of the relative value of the land: a square foot in Manhattan is extremely valuable, while a square foot most anywhere in Arizona or Wyoming (my favorite state) is practically useless. Roughly half of all land counts as "rank wilderness" which almost nobody could make use of; other land is extremely productive, some not really requiring any effort beyond simply harvesting what naturally thrives there. That said, I tend to alternate between despising property taxes vs thinking they're about the only legitimate taxation. As said, there's a finite supply of land servicing a growing population.