[longtermmemmory]

consider home owners associations. Developers are not building individual homes in urban areas. Developers view the associations as another revenue stream.

[Wolfie]

If this happens, it will only be because we didn't recognize the trend and plan ahead. No problem, Neal.

[prion]

Ah, we just rent our property from the government, anyway. Don't pay whatever amount the local government has decided to charge you for services you may or may not use, and see how fast they'll take your house away from you.

[MrB]

"public ownership of all real estate" -

wasn't that one of the planks of the Communist Manifesto?

[Sam Cree]

"If your friendly local politicians in Connecticut thinks that someone else could redevelop your property in such a way that it would support higher property taxes, or provide more jobs for the community, then the politicians can simply step in, seize the property, pay the current "owner" some stipend, and hand the property over to a new owner"

A classic example of the philolsophy of "the common good."

[TheBattman]

Bump for later reading.

[P.O.E.]

Just look at inner cities to see the demoralization of a disrespect for private property.

[CSM]

I was just entering this into the search bar when you posted it. I don't think people realize the full assault on Private Property that is out there. The most basic tenent of personal liberty and freedom is private property. We now have lost private property rights, we have half our earnings confiscated, we have mail inspections and confiscations, we are no longer a free country.

The sad thing is that we have a contingent of freepers that support this loss of freedom.

[gdc61]

..."As this attack on private property evolves in America you'll hear politicians start to talk about "public ownership of all real estate." That's the argument they use today for denying to broadcasters their private property rights in and to broadcast frequencies.".... yea right boortz(chickenlittle). this is just a cry baby response to the FCC's new rules. People ARE tired of listening to foulmouth shockjocks and inyourface Sex on TV. now ALL the media FACES are whining. Police your own, Neal, and the FCC wouldn't have to do it.

[Happy2BMe]

"Instead of title to a parcel of real property, you'll get a license to occupy that property for a determined period of time. That license will be issued by the government, and subject to renewal on a periodic basis."

Matrix alert.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Look for it to happen in Canada first, then here within a decade (north of the border they are awfully close to this now).

[tahiti]

It is my guess, that most citizens do not own their property at this moment.

The bank in which they make their monthly loan payment to is the owner of their property.

That is especially true for you loan payors who also have to pay their property taxes on a monthly basis into an escrow account.

Your lender, in so many words, is telling you that you are not the owner of this property and not ultimately responsible for payment of the property taxes.

I, the lender, do not trust you, the lendee, for whatever reason, to pay the property taxes in full and on time, thus possibly causing me, the lender, future problems with the local government.

So I, the lender, will collect the property taxes that I, the lender am responsible for, in advance from you, the lendee, on a monthly basis from you, the lendee, with your loan payment.

Now since the bank or mortgage company is more than likely a nationwide business, doing business across state lines, eventually one of the communist/socialist legislators is going to exert the "commerce clause" as the federal jurisdiction to "regulate" your life in your house, such as smoking of cigarettes.

[Landru]

~eh, heads-up.

Not that you needed to see this, you already knew it would happen & said so many times.

...just here sooner than I thought.

[brityank]

I ask you today to consider a time in America when there will be no such thing as the private ownership of real estate; where the American dream of home ownership will belong to a past era. Instead of title to a parcel of real property, you'll get a license to occupy that property for a determined period of time. That license will be issued by the government, and subject to renewal on a periodic basis. Renewal will be considered based on several factors, including how you are using that land, and whether or not the license fees you pay for that usage is adequate.

Its mourning in America -- today.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

bump for later

[doubtfullyhopefull]

There is no private property now. What you are describing is already happening. We are renting everything we 'own' including cars. Just try not paying 'rent' on anything you own even if it is completely paid off free and clear...it will be legally taken for nonpayment of taxes 'rent'.

[Centurion2000]

bump .... they better pack a lunch ... and have REALLY good security if they steal my house.

[Final Authority]

I think the precedent for this piece was that in one community a church wanted to buy a relatively large industrial building and land for a place of worship and school. The idea was to be able to place it near where people work to encourage working parents to place their children for day care and education. The city nefariously denied the change of use permit. The city then allowed a retail company to buy what once was a place of manufacture, thereby changing it's use. The reason of course is to keep the property on the tax rolls. I believe other cities have zoned areas where churches can or can't be located.

[Porterville]

Some areas of this country are closer to this reality than others. Take Connecticut, for instance. The Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled that private ownership of land was subject to the needs of local jurisdictions for more tax revenue or a wider jobs base.

Um, that has always been the case, but, the government will either give back or fall completely a part... so in the end it doesn't matter- especially in the North Eastern communist block of the nation

[sergeantdave]

As this attack on private property evolves in America you'll hear politicians start to talk about "public ownership of all real estate."

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Politicians are already saying this via the laws they support. Their mouthpeices in the so-called environmental movement clearly state that government should control private property. The correct word for this is "fascism."

All your rights to private property are stripped away thru the Endangered Species act, smart growth, biodiversity and other Marxist phrases. Your right to develop your property, sub-divide, log, farm, use your water are controlled to the point where the only "rights" remaining are the "right" to pay taxes and the "right" to manage your property as some unelected Marxist bureaucrat tells you to develop it.

This seizure of private property for de-facto government nature preserves - without compensation - has been allowed by corrupt courts and politicians.

Here in Michigan our Marxist governor wants a state-wide land use plan that would affect every blade of grass in the state.

This land use plan:

1) Calls for the seizure of private property - without compensation - to create de-facto state nature preserves for “viewsheds, swamps, wildlife habitat” and other arbitrary and questionable state mandates.

2) Recommends that voters be stripped of the power of the recall vote and the referendum initiative.

3) Dictates how many homes and the type of home that may be built on private property.

4) Demands the establishment of unelected soviet-style regional planning commissions to rule over county and local governments.

5) Elevates the welfare of bugs, trees, animals and swamps above the needs, interests and liberties of Michigan’s citizens.

6) Allows the seizure of people’s homes and businesses through “administrative warrants” - without compensation - if homes don’t meet state-mandated aesthetic codes.

7) Establishes “no growth” zones to destroy owners of farms, woodlands, streams and shorelines, to discriminate against low income families and to devastate the rural and suburban tax base.

8) Engages in social engineering by attempting to move people off or bar people from rural and suburban property through harassing regulations and forcing them into cities.

9) Tries to slam shut the courtroom doors to citizens who wish to file suits and seek legal remedies against arbitrary or illegal state mandates.

10) Allows land use policy to be written or influenced by unelected, politically motivated environmentalists, foundations and university researchers who are hostile to private property.

Politicians are playing with fire and will get their hands burned.