Originally posted on http://FreeKeene.com
by Ian Bernard

What is the nature of this organization of people calling themselves the “government”? Is it based in consent, as their own founding documents claim? Or are they actually a group of men and women doing business by the threat of violence? The latter is what most of the people I associate with believe, but which is the truth? Earlier this year, I ventured into a similar area when I questioned the government people over a parking ticket. You can read parts one and two of that here. (Eventually, I will write a part three when time permits!)

So, now we begin a new saga into the world of “property taxes”.

If you’re like me, paying property taxes is a painful experience. You know that the government people are going to waste your money and that they will have little to no accountability for what they choose to do with it. Not to mention that a huge chunk of it goes to the government indoctrination camps where it is inevitably used to dumb down young people and brainwash them into the belief that the state is great. Alas, you have to pay it… or else.

Or, do you? Did you ever ask yourself how you became obligated to pay property tax bills in the first place? Do you ever remember signing a contract binding you to that obligation?

When the people calling themselves the “CITY OF KEENE” recently sent me “2008 PRELIMINARY PROPERTY TAX BILL” I decided it was time to get some answers to the questions I have. In fact, by their own rules (rules which they agreed to follow and I have not) when one is presented with a bill, one may demand to see the original contract that created the obligation in the first place. You might be saying to yourself, “Ian, you know they don’t follow their own rules.”, and you would be right. However asking these questions and posting their responses publicly will shine more light on their dishonorable activities, perhaps persuading others that now is the time for noncooperation with their dictates. With that in mind, I will post the full text of the “NOTICE OF DISCUSSION” that I sent in response to receiving their “TAX BILL”, followed by the tax collector’s response, and my reply I sent to her this morning.

the entire article is available here:
http://freekeene.com/2008/07/08/property-taxes-and-the-consent-of-the-go...