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imdjh

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Wed May-27-09 05:57 PM
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2. taxing property is an affront to ownership

If the government can tax your land or house at any level it likes, then you don't truly own that land. You rent it from the government. You know this, because if you don't pay the rent, the government will evict you and take the land. By the same token, a personal property tax means that nothing is ever paid for. In effect, you don't own anything.

There is nothing wrong with the government taxing goods and services ONCE. It's when it taxes something on a recurring basis that you are losing liberty.

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