Editor: Your (insert your municipality) municipal tax assessor comes to the door…
“So as a tax assessor your job is to charge me for the privilege of living in my home which I purchased outright? I thought I was the owner of this property?” you ask the assessor.
“Oh, you own it, but you just need to pay us to use it, and this will increase from time to time. And if you want to change your property, you’ll need to ask permission and pay us more. Same thing if you want to sell it or transfer ownership. You can’t destroy any part of the property. You’ll need permission if you want to have a fire or shoot a gun. Oh, and if we want it, we’ll just come and take it. But you totally own it.”
Bryan Marino
Chatham
