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Yeah exactly. I remember when I was a kid with my dad going to the court house to pay property taxes. I was asking about property taxes and he said something al
by planteen 7y ago
Yeah exactly. I remember when I was a kid with my dad going to the court house to pay property taxes. I was asking about property taxes and he said something along the lines of "You don't own land, you rent it from the government." It was a good explanation for a child. The internet is full of crackpot legal theories (sovereign citizen, etc) that contest this idea. None hold up in court.
- JAlexoid 7y agoThere's an apt joke for this: Q: Why is suicide illegal? A: Destruction of government property. Truth is - property and property rights are largely a convention that we agree upon, that convention is how state/government is created. Remember that there is only one sovereign in every single country on this planet - king, despot, president, parliament or the people. Individual sovereignty is practically non-existent. You don't own the land or your body. We just agreed to protect each other's freedoms and grant certain protected rights.
- jakeogh 7y agoFor primary residences, I think it's something that will get fixed at the local/state level.