If it was a private debt to me I would consider taking the same action. Why should the government be more lenient than what a bank or a private lender would be?
Nothing to see in this story other than the debt needs to be truly past due and the home owner had to have known about it prior to foreclosure. Thirty days past due obviously doesn’t cut it.
If you must pay protection money not to have your home or property taken by the government then you really don’t own it.
In some place your personal property is taxed as well as your real estate.
In effect you must pay the king to be allowed to keep what you “purchased” with the little money he allowed to to keep after taking half your earnings to spend on wars,lazy supporters of the king,and even a little bit on needful projects like roads and a defensive military.
King=government.
Remember for many years and still way too prevalent is the legal doctrine that “the king can do no wrong”,hence government and its lackeys arerarely prosecuted for actions that would ensure your incarceration if not execution.
And the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion was simply proof of the truth in the 1960s rock song about revolution :”new boss,same as the old boss...”
I read that in Washington,D.C. one cannot legally install a really strong door that would impair the ability of the police to break in.
Freedom ?? Sure the freedom to watch asinine entertainmentis still available but just about everything else is severely restricted.
It is not freedom nor in compliance with the Bill of Rights that you must get government permission and pay a fee in order to protect yourself with arms,nor do the same for “free” speech in a public square.
At the very least the former property owner should get all the equity remaining after REASONABLE fees .The city likely spent several times more on police time evicting the old man than the $134 tax bill!
Abusing the government taxing powers in collusion with “sharp” investors to steal property and turn 10,000% profits ought to be rewarded by trials followed by a public hanging of all those complicit.I mean that seriously.
Nothing to see in this story other than an elderly vet with dementia was taken advantage of.