11-06-2020, 11:53 AM
(11-06-2020, 11:34 AM)bfine32 Wrote: I thought about this while out riding in the country today. I saw miles of fields getting harvested and thought; that field doesn't get a vote, while the man that works it to put food on my table only gets one, but by the same token 27,000 people live in one square mile in NYC.
Is that "fair"?
Yes. To think otherwise is undemocratic and un-American. Even when there were rules about land ownership for voting, it didn't matter how much land you owned, you got one vote.
(11-06-2020, 11:44 AM)GMDino Wrote: Exactly.
Also the guy working that field probably doesn't even own the land. He might not live on the land. He might be an illegal alien!
So here is an interesting bit of governmental philosophy. Land is owned by the collective citizenry, managed by the governments, and leased to us (even if we "buy it"). Property taxes are essentially what we pay to the government for our lease. This is based on the concept of zoning as government takings, because they exercise their control over land even considered to be "private."
Anyway, just an interesting little bit of food for thought. Not necessarily something I agree with, but an argument I have heard.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
