I was glad to see the recent letter in the Item with Thomas Butler speaking out against the current policy of taxing everyone’s home regardless of the owner’s ability to pay. It is a painful reality that no one in the USA is allowed to own their home.
Even if a person works decades in order to pay off the mortgage on their home, he or she still does not own it and never will. Why? Because they will still be forced to pay thousands of dollars every year to City Hall.
Is there an alternative to all this force being directed against peaceful home owners? Yes: Privatize city services. Let everyone choose for themselves between what services they want and what services they don’t want.
In addition to restoring some freedom back to the former land of the free, home ownership has other benefits such as greatly reducing crime. City politicians will not be allowed to legally rob homeowners or force people to sell their homes. Of course, everyone will still be free to buy as many services as they want, A less desirable alternative would be to increase the sales tax. That would reduce the burden on homeowners by sharing it with everyone else.
There needs to be at least one place where a person can be free from government taxes, control, and interference. That place is their home.
In fact, a person’s home is supposed to be their castle, not a cash cow for power-hungry politicians.
Richard G. Eramian
Lynn
