@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 4 days agoOwing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury youlemmy.worldmessage-square310fedilinkarrow-up1756
arrow-up1756imageOwing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury youlemmy.world@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected] • 4 days agomessage-square310fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoIf you own something, and someone takes it from you, its called theft. If its not theft when they take it from you, then you didn’t own it.
minus-squareAbsentBirdlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 days agoThat would mean all taxes are theft. You’re welcome to have that perspective, but it doesn’t map well onto any modern legal framework for ownership.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoExchange for goods and services no! Give goods and services yes!
If you own something, and someone takes it from you, its called theft. If its not theft when they take it from you, then you didn’t own it.
That would mean all taxes are theft.
You’re welcome to have that perspective, but it doesn’t map well onto any modern legal framework for ownership.
Exchange for goods and services no! Give goods and services yes!