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Originally Posted by Figmo Bohica
IDo you think that there is any private ownership of property in the United States?
Think before you answer and the right answer will come to you. This is a tax that needs to be vote out.
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No kidding. Then you have situations like I read a few weeks ago where a house burns to the ground while the fire fighters watch to make sure adjoining houses didn't burn because the guy who owned the burning house elected not to pay the optional part of his property taxes that pay for fire protection from the neighboring jurisdiction (the owner's town/county was too small/poor to have it's own so they had a deal set up with their neighbor).
No property tax? Well, there may be some funding differences between New Hampshire and where you live.. But here? Lose the property tax and....
You have no money to pave the roads. No money to plow them in the winter. No money to pay for the electricity for streetlights or traffic lights.
Trash collection? Forget it.
Schools? None. Can't afford it? You go illiterate. That should help pay for grandma's social security VERY well.
Police? Better hire a private guard.
Fire department? Guess again.
Someone wants to start a pig farm next to you (killing your property values)? Tough luck - enjoy the smell.
Without SOME kind of social contract, you have anarchy - like in Somalia.