"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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So, is there anybody forcing a body to own property and to insure it? No!
Well, I thought so. As long as owning property is a choice then you choose
to pay property taxes and you choose to insure it. If you borrow to buy
then you're also forced to insure the property. It's as simple as that.
Now, if people were forced to own property then had to pay property taxes
and insurance, that would be a different story altogether. It seems to me
if there's any such thing as a fair tax then property tax sure fits the
bill.

It seems correct to me the more property and the more expensive property
you own you should be taxed on it on a percentage basis. Same percentage
whether your property is worth fifty grand or fifty million grand. But
there is help for the lower income folks. There is a 25K homestead
exemption soon to go up to 50K on which the property owner pays not one
thin dime. This helps out the low income people and sticks it to the rich.
Boy are the rich ****s ever complaining and lobbying AGAINST the doubling
of the homestead exemption. Seems like they don't mind sticking it to the
poor but when they have to pay for their mansions they balk.

Wilbur Hubbard

The ability to own the land one lives upon is one of the most basic and
vital sources of, and expressions of, liberty. And you act as if it's
nothing more than a privilege? Hardly seems consistent with your usual
politics.