[itsahoot]

We are among the decided minority of countries in the world that respects private property rights as a foundational principle.

As long as there are taxes on your homestead you own nothing, you are merely a renter who pays whatever the government says you must. The time will come when you can't pay the tax then you will learn that your true property rights are merely an illusion.

[Jmouse007]

"As long as there are taxes on your homestead you own nothing, you are merely a renter who pays whatever the government says you must. The time will come when you can't pay the tax then you will learn that your true property rights are merely an illusion." 

Your statement is so true. Think of the millions upon millions of honest, hard working, American CITIZENS who have lost their homes this way, and the governments "Death Taxes" which results in nearly everything you own reverting to the almighty "State", leaving virtually nothing left as a posterity and inheritance to your rightful heirs. Unless you are part of the ruling class or one of the "elites" who are able to "game" and circumvent the system so that these "laws" don't apply to you or to your privileged extended family. Examples: Kennedy's, Cumo's, Harry Reid, the Clintons, the Kerry's... you get the picture.

America, "land of the free"... right.

[bootless]

As long as there are taxes on your homestead you own nothing, you are merely a renter who pays whatever the government says you must. The time will come when you can't pay the tax then you will learn that your true property rights are merely an illusion.

That is also true.