Is it time for revolution?

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#601
Just a thought, if the right to vote was something that had to be earned, such as owning land, would elligible voters then cherish their vote a little more and be more inclined to be active as a voter?
 
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MercyPercy said:
Out of curiosity, I'm wondering what makes attacking someone while you are under the influence versus attacking someone while you are sober relevant? If someone is drunk and belligerent and assaults another person, they aren't charged with drunken brawling. Likewise, if someone is high on crack and assaults another, they should be charged with assault, not crack attack. And since we know that drugs don't automatically transform people into monsters(most often the ones committing crimes to feed their addiction and acting violent towards others already had mental problems and violent tendencies), making the drugs illegal is an attempt of fixing a problem by fighting a symptom, not the cause. Blaming the drug is akin to blaming guns in a school shooting, and I know how fond you probably are of that logic.
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It doesn't, just feeding the troll(s).
 
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therealUT said:
Whether the property owner is penalized in this scenario depends on the property owner. Such a tax might make most property owners demand payment upfront for a rental property. Thus, your payment by September 1 is your payment for the month of September, while the property tax could be due at the end of the month. Further, like most rental properties in Boston, the property owner can demand a month or more of rent be paid in advance and held as security at the beginning of the rental agreement. When I lived in Boston, our first payment to the property owner was $4,800. $1,600 of that was rent for the first month, the other $3,200 was held by the owner for the length of our residence and was returned when we moved out.

So, sure, such a scheme may end up penalizing such property owners that are not fit to succeed in the economy.

As for having "skin in the game", there are plenty of persons that have "skin in the game" in terms of unowned property, and few that have "skin in the game" in terms of owned property. An overwhelming majority of "landowners" in the US do not, strictly speaking, own their land, as the bank does. But, then, most banks don't have any single owner, but have multiple owners who own a variety of shares.
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Yawn... In Cliff Notes form, are renters land owners?
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
I'm good with your premise, however, I want to legalize shooting trespassers on sight also. Also, I want instituted the LG law. People should be responsible for family members (like LG says for guns) from cradle to grave. If someone in your family is intoxicated or strung out and causes harm to someone else, there should be an automatic $10mill fine pet damaged person involved. Your family can't pay it, automatic forfeiture of any and all property and life sentences.






This is ridiculous, but so is your last sentence. When you have someone to lose, you will understand that sometimes "being held responsible" just isn't enough.
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There was nothing ridiculous about my post. Doing drugs should not be a crime. There is no logical reason
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Because by and large they are takers and not makers. I was responding obsequiously to a stupid post. My opine is that if you are on gov assistance you lose the right to vote.
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There's plenty of land owners on government assitance and plenty of non land owners who provide for themselves.
 
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Obsessed said:
Stick to art class.

You know nothing of farming.
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So the majority of people who lease out land for farming are bringing in major cash? Or are you simply being a prick and playing the "my farm is bigger than yours" card?
 
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Vol8188 said:
So the majority of people who lease out land for farming are bringing in major cash? Or are you simply being a prick and playing the "my farm is bigger than yours" card?
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no. I'm not being a prick. But I grew up on a farm. All 6,000 acres. I know how it works.


The folks who lease land for farming break even. Most of the time, they recieve no funds but get land improvements (water sheds) and sometimes "share cropping" is done.

And yes, my farm is bigger than yours.
 
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Obsessed said:
no. I'm not being a prick. But I grew up on a farm. All 6,000 acres. I know how it works.


The folks who lease land for farming break even. Most of the time, they recieve no funds but get land improvements (water sheds) and sometimes "share cropping" is done.

And yes, my farm is bigger than yours.
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So I was correct that most people leasing land do not make much if any money from it......

And you were just trying to be a prick for no apparent reason
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Lol, you price it sky high and wait about 5 minutes for someone to buy it. Am I reading this right?
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Yeah. He seems to think all land owners own 100 acres or more. If you live in a cheap inner city home with very little land....you very likely are on welfare and selling your home probably wouldn't help you long term. Nor would it be immediate.
 
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Vol8188 said:
Yeah. He seems to think all land owners own 100 acres or more. If you live in a cheap inner city home with very little land....you very likely are on welfare and selling your home probably wouldn't help you long term. Nor would it be immediate.
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Tbh, it never took me more than 4 months to sell any of my houses, and it was in what is, without a single doubt, the worst neighborhood in knoxville.
 
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Vol8188 said:
Yeah. He seems to think all land owners own 100 acres or more. If you live in a cheap inner city home with very little land....you very likely are on welfare and selling your home probably wouldn't help you long term. Nor would it be immediate.
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Who cares
 
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