[DH]

This guy doesn’t seen to understand something about history.

Yes, back when our country was founded and settled people actually owned their private property.

Today, no individual in the United States owns their own property.

Don’t think so? Just fail to pay your property taxes and you will find out who REALLY owns your property!

In this age we simply lease our property from the local government, the state and the federal government depending upon the local tax structure.

Many people forget that if you have “owned” your house for more than 30 years, the monthly bill for property taxes today far exceed the monthly payments you made for those 30 years. So......for 30 years you paid both the bank and state and now that it’s paid off to the bank, you will NEVER finish paying the state.

[Kaslin]

I wonder if you even read the article. John Stossel is talking mainly about the poor in third world countries not about the poor here, who are not really poor

[wintertime]

You “get it”.

Please read post #34.

[redgolum]

Very true. We are loosing property rights, both from the state and by the banks (title fraud).

[Tahoe3002]

IIRC, I read that the Founder's, when writing the Constitution, originally started with: “pursuit of property” but ended with “pursuit of happiness”.

Clearly you are right, the government owns our property forever, through the tax system.

[hinckley buzzard]

Your observation is a commonplace around here, but totally irrelevant to the issue at hand. You should read his book. It will open your eyes.