On Nov 18, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
As for the rest, we are under paradigm of "Render unto Caesar the
things that
are Caesar's."
Along the same philosophical vein, I have long said that my ideal
personal economic world is where I need, and therefore need produce,
so little cash that the IRS totally disregards me. To be happy with
said modest amount creates great freedom.
I love to design and build. One of the facts that gives me pause is
that as I build more, I will be taxed more. Thus far my thought is to
build but to build in such a modest manner that the tax assessor
feels sorry for me. A couple years ago the Heartwood tax bill arrived
and it was double or triple what it had been for years, which is less
than a hundred dollars per year for 130 acres and an old, shacky,
farmhouse. Since then an A-frame has been built. I called the
Assessor, an elected position in Ozark County, and had a satisfying
discussion. Seems that the assessor's field man had assumed that the
shack and the A-frame were both hooked up to deep wells and septic
systems. Not so. Water from the stream and bucket toilets. She
apologized and recalculated. The taxes I paid last week were $93.03.