Re:Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax la...
by groby_b on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @12:12PM
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This isn't quite as trivial as "but people have a right to property", because the government has rights too. The US has long had property taxes, and they are entirely legal.
I advise reading the 14th amendment as well: "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"
For an extra twist: There's the fact that land-as-property is not enshrined in the constitution - that's the land ordinance of 1785. Which would make a constitutional challenge interesting.
And of course, none of all that obviates the original point: Nobody worked to create land, so from a moral standpoint, "land ownership" is a very interesting concept.
I advise reading the 14th amendment as well: "nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"
For an extra twist: There's the fact that land-as-property is not enshrined in the constitution - that's the land ordinance of 1785. Which would make a constitutional challenge interesting.
And of course, none of all that obviates the original point: Nobody worked to create land, so from a moral standpoint, "land ownership" is a very interesting concept.