As a veteran of WWII, I remember talking with buddies about buying our own homes after the war. Basic freedoms, especially property rights, were in serious jeopardy because Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo wanted to dominate the world. WWII was a good cause.
It was a different enemy when I served in the Korean War. The domineering Communist state owned everything under those totalitarian regimes and deprived people of basic freedoms such as property rights. That war had a good cause although some had their doubts.
So much for two wars and ideology. I don't know how it is where you live, but I have homes in Indiana and Florida and those two states own everything. We're only caretakers. We pay exorbitant property taxes and the better we care for the property, the more we pay the state.
Instead of a dream to retire in a home without making payments, we're saddled with ever increasing property taxes. If you think the state doesn't own the home you live in, don't make your tax payment. You will be evicted from the state's property! King George wasn't that bad.
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