[RISU]

Of all the issues ever discusssed on FR this is the central one.

If we could own our land in Fee Simple, and dispose of it only upon our desire to harvest cash from it, rather than being kicked off the land by the taxing authority if we do not continue land rent payments (real estate taxes), then our society would resolve itself into a truely noble work.

Our lands would ebb and flow according to the fortunes of the people based upon their characters. People would not be forced onto the treadmill by the requirement to pay for their place in the sun, and would find their own best employment rather than being forced into the "system" to work in what amounts today to "indentured servitude" to the state. So long as the money from a paycheck flows first to the state before reaching the hand of the worker, there remains a state of slavery in our country. We are no longer "at choice" with respect to paying tax. It is "extracted" by force and or the threat of force.

As it stands now, we are all of us under the thumb. It all changed in the early 1900's when the people had finally become too stupid and too lazy to defend their birthright. The situation was compounded by outright treason among our Government representatives. We persist in that same condition of ignorance and loss today.

Property reform is an issue which has caused the bullets to fly in the past. It is not likely to be "up" until the people are hurting so bad that ANYTHING is better. We are a very long way from that point now.

[Boonie Rat]

We are a very long way from that point now.

Sadly, I have to concur. Scanning the horizon I see few who truely understand, and would be willing to fight, to reclaim their birthright. Daily I speak with people who are not even aware there is a problem, let alone what the problem is. This, I feel, is due to immigration, both legal and illegal, but mostly illegal, of those who do not understand, nor make the effort to understand, what America stands for. They seek only the profits of her freedom, not the investment for it.

Boonie Rat

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