[ovrtaxt]

Let’s ask this question- since when are free landowners obligated to pay tribute in order to possess something that they own free and clear? Yeah yeah, that’s the law bla bla bla. But think about it- how far have we strayed since 1776?

[databoss]

Do you know the derivation of term Real Estate? It’s from spanish for the King’s Land...

[Alberta's Child]

Let’s ask this question- since when are free landowners obligated to pay tribute in order to possess something that they own free and clear?

That's an excellent point -- but keep this in mind:

The minute you build or buy a house with a driveway on a paved street, with public utilities providing you with all the comforts of modern life, with a fire hydrant on the next corner and a fire department ready to answer a call to your address, a 911 system with a police department ready to address any emergency in your home, a public school system to educate baby-sit your childern, etc. . . . I think it's safe to say that the notion that you own your property "free and clear" is a delusional pipe-dream.

[CORedneck]

Agree.... When I was growing up, I was taught that if you wanted something, you had to work for the money in order to buy it. I don't like the concept of property taxes because you earned the money to buy a house - saved money for down-payment, pay interest to the back on the loan and then paid it off. But then you have to keep working for the money to pay the tax on it if you want to keep the house or in other words, you continually have to keep paying for it with no end in sight.

I owned a house in Indiana and the interesting thing, if you owed money on it, your property tax is 1/2 of what it would be if you had no mortgage on it. My property tax was $1700 but if I got to pay it off, it would go to $3400. Stupid.... The house I own here in Colorado, it paid for, free and clear. When the housing market comes back, I can get around $200,000 for it but the property tax is $800 per year. I pay it with one check in February.

Let’s ask this question- since when are free landowners obligated to pay tribute in order to possess something that they own free and clear? Yeah yeah, that’s the law bla bla bla. But think about it- how far have we strayed since 1776?

[Dixie Yooper]

how far have we strayed since 1776?

About 232 years