2020 Election

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(11-06-2020, 11:53 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: 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.


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.

I get the liberal way of thinking is to make it about elitist, but there's a very good chance that the person that owns the land lives in a city. I'm talking about the rural folks that take on the task of feeding America.