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No one should have an absolute,unlimited right of land ownership. Not the native americans or european immigrants or anyone else.
The earth belongs to everyone. Eliminate the income and sales tax and replace it with land and water taxes. Income taxes and sales taxes lead to government spying on its citizens. Income and sales can be hidden or not reported while land is seemingly impossible to hide from tax collectors.
People who own more land or water or natural resouces, should pay more to the government and military for the defense of their land,water and the right to exclude all others from staying on their land.
Higher land taxes (and reducing other taxes) will encourgage landowners to share (sell) their land to non-land owners. Land,water, and natural resources are not created by man's labor. They simply exist and are claimed. Just because you came first (or killed the previous owner) is a poor excuse to own some land for eternity.
I would like to see an ebay style auction system where anyone can bid on any land plot in the country (and world). The person who agrees to pay the most taxes on the land wins the land for 1-5 years or so, until the next auction. If no one bids on a parcel of land, then no taxes are paid and the previous owner retains the title.
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