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Originally posted by agentofchaos
Fact is property tax is the only thing that prevents people from land grabbing. If everyone could defend their land properly, then people would own land, but when you have people owning land like that it turns into the wild west all over. So instead of teaching structual sentences in school, we should be taught how to hunt, fish, grow fruits and vegetables, be able to identify plants/herbs, build shelters, taught martial arts, and have the availibilty in technology to make me entirely self-sufficent. That's what needs to happen for people to own land properly that way no one ever has to worry about their house being stripped from, but should they have the knowledge and resources to move another location and do it all over again and or gather people up and fight for his house back.
Except for "Homestead Exemption". If it's under a certain value, you're not renting from the state because you pay no taxes on it.
Originally posted by N3k9Ni
The government actually owns all the land. People just pay for the privilege of occupying a piece of land. Anyone that doesn't pay their "rent" (taxes) soon finds that out. They will be quickly evicted and occupation privilege sold to someone else.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by seachange
My beliefs follow more closely with Natural Law, in that you cannot own land. You can only use the land that is directly under your feet, and only for the moment that your feet are on it. Beyond that, to expect additional "rights" to a land is to defy the intent of our Creator, as displayed in the way in which we lived when we were created.
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
Selling my house is selling the labor put into producing and gathering the parts that goes into it. The work is an investment in and of itself. The land that the house sits on should have no rights attached to it, other than perceived territorial rights based on a "squatter"mentality (since I am there, i claim use of it as my territory).
Originally posted by Wolf321
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
Selling my house is selling the labor put into producing and gathering the parts that goes into it. The work is an investment in and of itself. The land that the house sits on should have no rights attached to it, other than perceived territorial rights based on a "squatter"mentality (since I am there, i claim use of it as my territory).
What about the labor and material put into caring or developing the land? Should a person not be reimbursed for the value added there?
Ex: Added trees or plants, fertilizer, water, kept out the critters etc.edit on 20-9-2011 by Wolf321 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by bigfatfurrytexan
reply to post by seachange
Selling my house is selling the labor put into producing and gathering the parts that goes into it. The work is an investment in and of itself.