The point stands. Either property is yours — with no strings attached — or it is not yours.
I own a stapler. So long as I can keep from being robbed and having it stolen, I own the stapler. But if you stop paying government required fees on your land and home, they will take it away from you.
It is a simple issue of property rights. By paying taxes, the government ALLOWS you some control over a piece of property that you have purchased. That is all.
Oh, you are so correct, and, hopefully, here on FR, you are preaching to the choir. But I fear not.
‘Taxes are necessary’ That is the mantra. Taxes are evil, a neccessary evil, but evil none the less. The Boston Tea Party, as far as I know, was held because of a 5% tax rate.
WHERE ARE WE NOW?????
It is defensible that we give back 50% of what we earn to Gov’t. Fed, State, County, Local. 50%? Where is the Tea?
Our current condition goes back to FDR and the ‘National Emergency’ still in effect. We have a Gov’t that pays lip service to the Constitution to keep us in line long enough to steal all that should be ours. Including our homes.