Actually, the government controls all the land in the U.S.A. If you don't believe me, stop paying your property taxes and plant some marijuana in your back yard and see what happens.
One or the other will work...the combination may get you shot.
"...stop paying your property taxes and plant some marijuana in your back yard and see what happens."
Agreed.
I think Kelo v. New London drives home the point without needing to go as far as giving the government a reason to come take your particular parcel that they let you maintain for them.
That is correct, excepting some parcels in the original Thirteen Colonies that have somehow escaped by staying in the family all along and never being sold. West of the Mississippi we ordinary people are only permitted, and grudgingly.
Or complain that Mexicans or other illegals are streaming across your land, stealing, threatening you with a weapon and attempt to stop and detain them for the U.S. government agents.
No, the government doesn't control all the land in the US.
I pay property taxes because it's the most efficient way to assure fire and police protection.
I don't plant MJ, smuggle illegal aliens or compose nuclear bombs on my property because I have no desire to do so.
Nor does the federal government own or control the socialist national park near me. The last park supervisor that tried to harass citizens here is gone. The new supervisor is a pleasant person and she knows where she stands before the citizens - or else.
If citizens elsewhere have problems with government attacking their property, it's because those citizens haven't looked at methods to control government.
We're not all slaves and serfs in America.