[kittymyrib]

Roger Hedgecock said on Rush's show that the property owners in CA better get ready to move. Their taxes were frozen by Prop 13, so any excuse to take the property and give it to some other entity that will pay more taxes is now "the common good." The same holds true for church property everywhere that currently is not taxed at all. The time will come when churches will be bumped off their land if Pfizer, Walmart, or Bank of America want the location and will pay taxes on it.

[msgbob46]

Is this why I have been in the Military for the last 41 years, supporting this supreme court decision. Doesn't seem like this is anything to be fighting for. Protecting people that can take away your property whenever they feel like it.

[tertiary01]

Yup, it will be open season in California on all those mostly elderly people living on under appraised, undertaxed, pre Prop 13, "goldmine" properties.

I'll bet there are scads of county clerks scouring the property tax rolls as we speak.

[reflecting]

The same holds true for church property everywhere that currently is not taxed at all.

Good point. To those who only value wealth, of what importance is a church? Our church property sits on an extremely valuable piece of the gulf coast. A large condo complex would generate tens of thousands of dollars for the city each year. How does that compare with the intangible benefits of a church?

[brazzaville]

Good morning.

Since my family's property is rural, we don't have to worry too much about Walmart or strip malls.

Radical environmentalism and the idea of re-wilding is the snake in the grass I fear. The environazi types want much of the US returned to a state of wilderness, with the populace living in high density cities.

The elites would have their dachas and the rest of us would have cubicles. This decision opens the door for that scenario to take place.

Michael Frazier