re: Why Property Is Theft and Why It Matters

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Do these idiots not realize they can act like adults and buy property?

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But then we’re back to the taxation is theft issue. I just bought a house. I have no issue with the idea of knowing that until I pay off my loan, that the bank has a claim in my property.

On the other hand, while I get property taxes and will always pay them (although the suck) and I even see the value in what they provide, it doesn’t feel like I own my property if it can and will he seized if say 50 years from now I decide to stop paying my property taxes, even after giving them $400,000 or $500,000 maybe more up until that point.

That does feel like theft moreso than even income taxes since I can either (not have any income and/or have a low enough income not to pay them) or at retirement only pull my Roth and limit what I pull from the taxable retirement until the point I would owe money, or I can mentally discount my income the value after taxes.