Who gave governments the “right” to charge you money for possessing goods that you are selling, and for which you will pay sales tax? You will, of course, be paying income taxes on any profit that you are foolish enough to make.
This is because government hates the fact that you actually OWN something, and they don’t. They would have seized it in a communist country. OK, the USA is not officially communist, so they won’t just waltz in and seize it, but they do something just as bad: they charge you a “property” tax on your possessions. If you don’t pay, they will come for you. If you defend yourself, you’re dead. So it comes out the same way in the end, except that we have the illusion of going to bed at night and thinking that we are not a communist country.
“they charge you a ‘property’ tax on your possessions”
It reminds me of a Johnny Cash song about building a car with parts ripped off of GM.
Stealing a house over 60 years is still stealing.
Our education system isn’t worth a plug nickel - the kids here in Florida obviously never learned about constitutional amendments or the word ‘infringe’.