Posted on 01/14/2011 7:10:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
“When they can tax some property you own.. THEN you are renting it from the government..”
Indeed they can and they do. It’s always been that way. At least we don’t have a house payment on top of paying prop/school taxes, which amount to about $1000 per year combined.
We just paid our prop taxes last week....Total for the year is $490.45 and that’s for 7 acres of Sugar Maples surrounded by 1700 acres of State Land with a creek running next to our house. I cut enough firewood off our property each year to pay the taxes and we have free-run through the state land for hunting, fishing and hiking. What few neighbors we do have are ALL like-minded gun-toting Conservatives.
Pretty low “rent” if I say so myself.
Same result..
What exactly is your point? I totally understand that a person never really owns their property and that by paying taxes, you are paying rent. What part did I miss?
answer: NO debts...
Yes, We do have to pay property and school taxes, so technically you are correct. We do have some, albeit minor “debt”. Perhaps 50 lashes would suffice for my lying and deception? I know of no other appropriate punishment that would allow me to redeem myself in your eyes.
Our property taxes, as I indicated previously, are $490.45 per year and school taxes are $435.82 for a total of $926.27 per year! That equates to a ‘debt’ of $77.19 per month.
Thankfully, through your persistent and helpful continuation of elementary posts you have shown me that we ARE ridden with debt. I will be forced to cut an extra face-cord of firewood every month just to meet our needs and keep me out of ‘debtors prison’. Thank you so much for taking the time to enlighten me to our dire financial situation.
Bless you, my FRiend.
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