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re: Do you TRULY OWN anything?

Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:34 am to
Posted by Wraytex
San Antonio - Gonzales
Member since Jun 2020
4560 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:34 am to
Interesting way to minimize sentencing, since the victim never owned what was taken.
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
2720 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:42 am to
what's worse is "they" somehow got public education tied to property taxes.
What, you don't want little Johnny to have the best schools around?
This post was edited on 9/24/26 at 2:12 pm
Posted by Germantiger001
Southeast LA
Member since Jun 2016
1313 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 8:59 am to
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You sound poor


This is what I come to TD for. You sir get a gold star
Posted by Germantiger001
Southeast LA
Member since Jun 2016
1313 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:07 am to
It costs money to live in a civilized society. When you become an adult, you have to come to grips with this. Roads & infrastructure need constant attention. Our government is not voluntary so there are plenty of costs associated in that. There’s much to criticize as far as their efficiencies are oversight, but they will never come at zero cost.

If you want something closer to zero cost, go live in a cave. Even then you’ll not live free because you’re sharing your possessions with rats, bugs & bears.

arse, Gas, or Grass … there are no free rides sir
Posted by beaverfever
Arkansas
Member since Jan 2008
36684 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:14 am to
Cutting social security is a reasonable thought but it would represent a default by the federal government. It wouldn’t be our first quasi default but it wouldn’t be ideal.
Posted by Billy Blanks
Member since Dec 2021
5332 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:20 am to
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Pay your house/lans off you don’t own it. Stop paying yearly property taxes and they take your home/ land that “you own”.



If you have 100% VA disability rating in some state's no property tax is owed. Still have insurance of course but would "own" the property.
Posted by jwalk38
Member since Nov 2021
286 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:23 am to
Haven’t seen this thread before.
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
4138 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 9:36 am to
Well then sell everything and rent....let's see how that works out
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
3556 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 10:28 am to
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Do you TRULY OWN anything?

Yes.

The property rights that everyone here enjoys are in large part enforced by the local, state and federal infrastructure around us. It’s obviously far from perfect, but it works and it’s not free, so taxes are required unfortunately.

If you don’t enforce tax payments somehow, then you can’t pay for government infrastructure and property rights would only available to those who are rich and powerful enough to pay for their own protection.
This post was edited on 9/24/26 at 10:29 am
Posted by oleheat
Sportsman's Paradise
Member since Mar 2007
15091 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:00 pm to
Well, truth be told we're all just renting space.


Posted by Cotten
Tennessee
Member since Jan 2018
1916 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:04 pm to
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You should be grateful for the position of “fricked” you’re in.

GTFO

Your mindset is totally fricking delusional. Those of us that are “fricked” should be the ones being thanked; not grateful. The freeloaders that have everything paid for by us should be the ones grateful.
Posted by chrome_daddy
LA (Lower Ashvegas)
Member since May 2004
2693 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:08 pm to
Yes,

My fav tool in the whole world, my 50 horse Kabota HST 4WD tractor.


Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
63352 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:10 pm to
Beat me to it on “The Jerk”
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
3456 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:31 pm to
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Pay your house/lans off you don’t own it. Stop paying yearly property taxes and they take your home/ land that “you own”.


Of course you own it. Your property is a means to determine how much you owe on various taxes and collateral to ensure you pay what you owe. If you used your house that you owned as collateral to secure a loan and default on your loan payments they take your house as well.
This post was edited on 9/24/26 at 12:33 pm
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
65408 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 12:56 pm to
quote:

Do you TRULY OWN anything?


NOPE

If the private equity and MBA's have their way it will be even more obvious

Their ideal business

a) Everything you own is sold on subscription so they can toll you every month for the rest of your life

b) no employees means no labor costs (and why they are pushing hard for AI)


On a side note, everything you think you own is owned by a local, state, or federal government.

Don't renew your auto, they can take it

Don't pay you property taxes, they can take it

Don't pay the IRS, they can seize all you own
Posted by lsudat10
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2010
2902 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 1:03 pm to
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I mean, you do not truly own your house or your cars or any property unless you keep paying the annual property taxes on them, which is a govt scam to pay 25% of the govt work force that we don't need.



You’re correct about homes, but TECHNICALLY you can avoid paying taxes and insurance on your cars by not registering/re-registering your car— you just have to avoid public roads.
This post was edited on 9/24/26 at 1:06 pm
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
25115 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 2:52 pm to
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You could have a net worth of one trillion dollars and what the op says is true


No it’s not
Posted by Jauquismos
Member since Jul 2023
2294 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 5:55 pm to
Property tax is theft.
Desantis is trying to abolish them, and hopefully other (R) governors will follow suit.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
17669 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 6:15 pm to
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Stop paying your tags


Haven’t renewed registration in my ol’ Tundra since 2024. Zero issues. Granted, I haven’t been pulled over since I was a teenager.

Will eventually get around to it.
Posted by ob1pimpbobi
College Station
Member since Jul 2022
3606 posts
Posted on 9/24/26 at 6:42 pm to
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Property tax is theft. Desantis is trying to abolish them, and hopefully other (R) governors will follow suit.


I agree on it being theft. In Texas property taxes are out of control and it’s not the state that imposes them. It’s your local government. And they have no intention of making lower much less going away. Leeches, all of them.
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