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Originally posted by DelMar
Interesting thread, I've learned something new today, but I'm wondering how the concept of "you don't own anything" plays out in the real world.
For instance, say I live in California, a state in obvious financial trouble. Why doesn't some state official delegate people, such as police, to go door to door to collect plasma tv's, art, furniture etc to be sold at auction to raise money for the state's budget? If the state does indeed own everything, this shouldn't be an issue, right?
Or, why does the state not set up road blocks and just sieze people's cars to sell? They own it anyway, right?
That's the part I'm not getting. If the "state" does own everything, why the lack of state siezure of property, cars, children etc? Yes those things do occur, usually during some sort of legal proceeding, but why is it not rampant?
Del
Originally posted by DelMar
Or, why does the state not set up road blocks and just sieze people's cars to sell? They own it anyway, right?
Originally posted by Aeons
I've got one better for you. And this applies to all common law system, and most First World legal systems.
Did you know that your parents are not your parents, and that your children's parents are not you?
You are merely a parent in location, acting on behalf of the state who is the real parent. Real law. Europe. UK. Canada. New Zealand. Australia. USA. Probably others, but I have never bothered to see how many more countries have this legal concept of society as the real parent and biological parents merely representatives on the ground.
I can go one better - that whole Schiavo incident was not about life. I was about having the state set precedent to step in between two spouses. Essentially setting up a precedent to make marriage mean the same thing. That the state can nullify your spousal privilege and assert itself as your real spouse. That when you marry, you marry the state and that your partner becomes a representative of the state. If Gov. Bush had succeed with that with all of the right-wing cheering him on, he would have changed the entire meaning of marriage far more than any gay marriage would have.
Originally posted by Amagnon
If you deny that you are the flesh and blood representative of that corporation - then there is no legal way ANYTHING can be prosecuted against you.
Originally posted by TimeTo23
This whole conversation has been very entertaining. If you do not drive your car in many states you do not have to register it. If you do not have to register it, you do not have to pay a tax. If you are not late on tax and do not have to register they will not impound it. Then you can leave the state without paying any fees on the vehicle to the state you have it not operating in. If you file for a non operable registration in California then move to Oregon, you do not need to file a registration in Oregon. You do not need to pay California more fees because you are not a resident. Your vehicle is free from all fees. So what state owns it then? Of course you would need to change the title over but not register.
To clarify the OP is about ownership not driving. However if you want to drive it then move to Moses Point Alaska. Then you will again have to transfer your title but you will not have to register it. So if you do not have to register the car, then you die and it is passed on to whomever is in your will they will not have to pay a state tax. There is no inheritance tax in Alaska. You will not have to pay it in California where you came from or Oregon where you moved too. So none of the states obviously own it or the original state could claim it.
Like I said I think this is very entertaining.
I just wasted 20 minutes of my life and I will never get it back.
[edit on 23-10-2009 by TimeTo23]
This is true of a house, land, etc..
reply to PenandSword
reply to injunfeller
reply to Historical-Mozart
Secret act like a corporation, live like a freeman!
Originally posted by DelMar
reply to injunfeller
You said that the states seize items that I listed, such as property, cars and children, daily and we just don't hear about it. Are you talking about legal issues, or just the state swooping in and taking things from people without cause. If it's the second, I think we would be hearing about it.
You're also being a bit dramatic, I seriously doubt anyone has had their child "relocated" for just yelling at them.
Del
Originally posted by Historical-Mozart
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So I'm just letting you know WHY you have to pay the state the registration fees, taxes, etc and the fact that you do NOT own your vehicle![sic]
The current system of "government" in the US sucks and the vast majority of the people who live in America just don't know how much of slaves that they are to the current system.
Originally posted by letthereaderunderstand
reply to post by Historical-Mozart
You really in all reality CAN'T own anything. Death owns everything....good luck trying to pry it from his hands...."over deaths dead body":
Be happy you're alive....for now. Death is coming....for everyone, so "own" your life while you have it.
Peace
Originally posted by Amagnon
Well - while living and breathing - I am damned interested in freedom - for myself, and for those who come after.
A mans sovereignty and wealth reside in his mind and nowhere else, a man who hands over his thinking to someone else will receive only poverty and slavery in return.
Think for yourself - don't be told how to think - don't believe what your told.