Difference between revisions of "Taxation is rent; non-payment of taxes is squatting."
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==The Market Has Spoken== | ==The Market Has Spoken== | ||
| − | With the state as the ultimate owner, fee simple property is really rented from government through property tax. Work and business conducted in the territory are also subject to taxes for the privilege of using the territory. Some libertarians whine "So you argue that no one ever owns anything? The state does? And we simply rent the land we own from the state? And that is fine with you?" The answer is obviously yes: that's the way it works for property ownership in almost all circumstances. The market has spoken: the value of fee simple property is many trillions of dollars. You don't have to be the ultimate owner to benefit from property. And it is easier and probably cheaper to rent and let the landlord worry about defense and other things like that for the same reason that most of us do not self insure. | + | With the state as the ultimate owner, fee simple property is really rented from government through property tax. Work and business conducted in the territory are also subject to taxes for the privilege of using the territory. Some libertarians whine "So you argue that no one ever owns anything? The state does? And we simply rent the land we own from the state? And that is fine with you?" The answer is obviously yes: that's the way it works for property ownership in almost all circumstances. The market has spoken: the value of fee simple property is many trillions of dollars. You don't have to be the ultimate owner to benefit from property, nor does it matter except to would-be freeloaders. And it is easier and probably cheaper to rent and let the landlord worry about defense and other things like that for the same reason that most of us do not self insure. |
==States Exist In An Anarchocapitalist Society Of States== | ==States Exist In An Anarchocapitalist Society Of States== | ||
