Property Rights and Property Taxes
Posted in Liberty's Friend by R Lee Wrights on September 30th, 2006 by Dave Goree
“A man is said to have a right to his property, he may equally be said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.”
- James Madison on Property, 1792
The issue of property rights and property taxes are inseparable. The government should have no means by which to take your property through property seizures, tax liens, or zoning disputes, your land and vehicles should be yours to do with as you see fit. If you impose on your neighbors with your actions on your property you should be liable for those impositions once they have an effect off of your property. However you should be able to build as you desire without asking for permission from the City, County or State to do so. There should be no property taxes by which Government can take your property for non-payment. Those who rent rather than own, remember, YOU are paying your landlords property taxes. A small sales tax, to fund the remaining small government, would be much fairer than one that continually taxes you on purchases forever.
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