> Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > Actually this has a wider point: you don't own ANY > > property, you are just renting it from the government. > > That is a gross untruth. When you own property, you have > many, many more rights than if you merely rent it. Ownership > entitles you to the rights to whatever minerals you happen > to dig up, to fair compensation for your property in cases of > eminent domain, the ability to sell and/or rent it to others, > and a whole host of other rights and responsibilities that > renting does not grant. > > Property tax is just that: a TAX on property, not compensation > to someone else for the use of their property. As a tax, it > carries the threat of penalties if it is not paid. > > I'll agree that homeowners associations can be pretty annoying, > and I'm glad I don't have to deal with one. But, on the other > hand, each exists for a reason, usually to prevent the kind > of mixed purpose neighborhoods as described in Texas in a > previous post on this thread.
Sorry, that doesn't fly around here. None of your statements say why we have to pay property taxes. Why is there anything called eminent domain? Try and rent your house in an area that isn't 'zoned' for it. All retorical statements, I know the answers but I also know what I'm talking about. Kevin T. If death and taxes, then life and......
