Officers in Wisconsin are working to communicate with a landowner said to have "strong anti-government attitudes" who has barricaded himself in his rural home.
Authorities say shots were fired at SWAT officers trying to search his home and arrest him, but no injuries are being reported.
Police say officers are trying to talk to the man with a bullhorn because he does not have a telephone.
The dispute started Monday when deputies tried to serve Robert Bayliss with a lawsuit seeking to evict him for failure to pay property taxes back to 2001 on his home and 18 acres.
Prosecutors say the county took ownership of the land in November because of the unpaid taxes.
Again people, if you truly own your home, then no one should ever be able to take it from you for any reason. Yes, I understand why there are taxes. However, that is not my point.
Yes, this man is probably an extremist. However, I could understand his point...to a certain extent.
Consider the following hypothetical scenario:
For over 32 years, Mark worked hard and sacrificed much of his time and money to pay off his mortgage. As an older retiree, Mark decided that he wanted to live out the remainder of his life in seclusion with his wife on his own land, "roughing it out" without no assistance from outside sources--meaning he would grow his own food, raise his own animals, and generate his own electricity using a windmill.
With no real need for money and living miles from civilization, Mark decided to give up the last of his money to his favorite charities. For 5 years, Mark and his wife lived alone, enjoying their simple life without all the complications of bills, credit cards, and etc...
Then, one day, a man in a suit showed up at his door. Since Mark and his wife Kori no longer received mail or rarely had visitors, they were truly surprised by this stranger's visit. The man introduced himself as Mr. Al, a tax collector for the county. He told them that they had not paid property taxes for the last five years.
Mark kindly told the gentleman that he and his wife decided that they no longer wanted to participate in mainstream society and that they wanted to live out the rest of their days in perpetual isolation without participating in the American "debt cycle." They admitted that there were not "pro" government, but that they were not "anti" government either.
Mark showed Mr. Al his last statement from his bank showing that he had paid off his entire mortgage and owned his home and the fifty acres surrounding it.
Mr. Al told them that while he admired their simple lifestyle, they were still responsible for paying property taxes each year.
Mark informed Mr. Al that they did not want anything to do with the government or with America. They just wanted to live and support themselves, without the assistance of the government. They paid taxes all of their working lives and had contributed to America's tax system for over 40 years each.
Mr. Al told them that they owed $35,000 in taxes ($7000 in taxes each year for the last 5 years).
Mark quickly let Mr. Al know that they did not have any money. They lived "off the land." They had no real need for money.
Mr. Al told them that if they did not make payment arrangements within 30 days, the county would confiscate their home and property. They would then auction it off to the highest bidder in order to pay off Mark's tax bill.
Mark simply replied, "But you can't take my home and my land. I own it. I have the papers right here."
Questions:
Should the government have the right to take Mark's home?
Did Mark ever truly own his home?
Should Mark and his wife be forced to get a job or a loan to pay off the tax bill?
Would any bank even give them a loan for the tax bill? (Neither has a job or source of income)
Referring back to a recent post, this is just another validation of my point that you never truly "own" your home. So, why would you ever have a goal of paying off your mortgage?
Conditional ownership is not ownership AT ALL!!!!!!!
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