Originally Posted by
Steven Douglas
Yeah, taking away their right of possession, not recognizing any right of ownership on their parts, and forcibly removing them from their land was monstrously evil. All you need for that to happen is a bunch of conquerors who can look at aboriginals as possessing land without just compensation to the conquerors (which "just compensation" happens to be control over the land itself).
What happened to aboriginals would happen to everyone under an LVT. Pay up or move out. Unless, of course, the Very Goodly & Benevolent Roy L. is personally in charge, of course. He would like to give all individuals an 'exemption', unlike present governments, most of which, including Hong Hong, consider a property tax just another means, and another source of revenue. Governments' idea of an exemption, when it is offered, is in the form of a discount, as those offered to seniors and disabled, who still have to pay, but just not as much. How benevolent of them.
Well, fortunately, we do have history as a very important guide. Even when the realities of abuses, corruption and debauchery are identified, and stern, strict, sweeping laws are passed with the intent of preventing them, government eventually finds a way around them, the crafty, resourceful little bastards. No leash strong enough or short enough to contain them for long.
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