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Okay, it's poorly written. However, the topic of property rights is quite interesting and has a profound impact on people's lives and decisions they make. I'd like to point out the most regressive form of taxation is the property tax. It is paid over and over by those who have invested. The consequence of not paying property taxes is the confiscation and auction of your property. This can occur years after the mortgage on the property has been retired. In essence, you really are renting your property from government. Worse yet, that tax is frequently determined by school boards to finance their Critical Race Theory and other Marxist indoctrination programs.

Imagine a grandmother, living alone on a fix income, long after her husband has past. She is incapable of making a living and relies on prior investments and social security to make ends meet. She doesn't have children in schools. Those days have past some 50 plus years ago. But she in essence rents her property from the school district.

Further more, imagine the same grandmother that is at the whims of the township, borough or city that dictates that she must do unexpected things to her property that has never been done. This can comes as changes in ordinance and other mandates. A common one on the rural fringes of suburbia is connecting to municipal water and sewage, when essentially free water and septic as been used for years. Not only is there a cost to connect, but an ongoing fee to be paid that increases the expenses of living in that property. The expense is in the thousands of dollars when granny is living on a fixed income predicated on foreseen expenses from years ago.

I find it much more humane to respect property rights. That includes the ability to own your property and never have to pay for it again. That includes the ability to continue to do the things that have worked for decades without further expense. The same principles apply to all property, real or not.