Cops Came to Investigate Veteran's Farm! Heartbreaking disbelief

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As a fellow veteran, I understand where you are coming from. As I have gotten older, I have realized that we in fact do not own our land, we only rent it from the local government. When someone can take something from us because we cannot pay what they tell us to, we do not own that thing. Our Founding Fathers understood that property was a way to create wealth and liberty. We as a society have strayed far from what we are supposed to be. We are now working nearly 6 months or more per year just to pay some form of taxes. We are not free, we have the illusion of freedom.

My parents had put up a shed on their property, it was under the size required for a permit and followed set backs. A neighbor across the street complained that it "blocked their view of the lake" and my parents were forced to take the shed down. The people could have bought on the lake, but chose not to. They still had a view of the lake, it just wasn't as much as without the shed. So, my dad took his old trailer, put sides and a roof on it and parked it where the shed was. It is the same size as the shed but is on wheels. The county can't do anything about it.

All property tax, every imminent domain law, every building fee, is unconstitutional, period

Im in Oregon, my place burned down in the Holiday Farm wildfire. I had about 6500 square feet in buildings, lodge and six cabins. One cabin survived, although damaged, I rebuilt the lodge at 4000 square feet feet. I used to pay 3950 property tax and have to pay now 7200 bucks. No senator or other stakeholder responded . So much for our county to yelp you recover from a huge loss.

I am in NC and have been a police officer for 29 years. I have a small cow farm in 2 counties. What I have learned over the years is that building codes are different from county to county and you really don't have the freedom to do what you want to do on your own land. The county owns your land and they decided what you can do. Taxes is like paying rent. If you don't pay your taxes they will take it. That being said, I have tried to do a few things and some counties tell me that it's not zoned for that. You have to get a permit for everything now. We, the people, are over taxed and over regulated. There are to many laws on the books and most laws are written by the insurance companies. Our freedoms are slipping away.

My professional licensing board in my state tried to strip me of my professional license over a mistake they made. (They put the wrong due date for a form on what they mailed to me) I would have lost my business, my home, and probably my family. It was retaliatory in nature and I almost took my life because of it when things looked the darkest. I finally got it in circuit court before a judge and he basically laughed them out of the courtroom and ruled in my favor. Was this the end of it? Of course not. They couldn't be embarrassed like that and they thought I would be running out of money to fight it so it went on appeal to the state Supreme Court....where I also won. All in all it cost the taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars, it cost me $100,000+ and I almost ended it all because they were essentially ending my life as I knew it. The government is horrible at every level.

TG, there are men like you willing and able to fight this corrupt system. Thank you on behalf of all of us

I agree with you absolutely. America seems more and more like Russia. I fear what lies ahead. Best wishes to you and your family, friends,neighbors as well as all Americans. Thank you for your show and ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR SERVICE 🇺🇸🦅❤️🙏🏼✝️

“One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.”– Thomas Sowell

A beuracratic city officer kept calling us that our yard was called in (anonymously) by a neighbor as having 'clutter' and threatened us with misdemeanor criminal charges if not cleaned up. I thought it was a mistake as our yard was pretty well cared for but my wife (pregnant at that time) is terrified of authority and immediately went out to make sure it was pristine (in late pregnancy). Fast forward a few weeks and we get another notice that we were about to be cited for failure to comply. This was ridiculous and we called to say they had the wrong property. They were pretty condescending and said they definitely had the right property. We had to make a few more phone calls and invited authorities each time to come out and inspect the property themselves (seemed an appropriate ask when being threatened with criminal charges site unseen but there was incredible resistance and condescension from city authorities). When they FINALLY came out to inspect the property they immediately found it was the wrong address and gave a weak apology (and also found no 'clutter'). Government beuracrats can be very lazy and power drunk. Don't get railroaded as many of them don't care.

Fellow Vet here also living in NC. I bought a property (a few acres) a few years ago, the property had 2 homes on it (one built back in the 80's) and a good sized stand alone garage. There was a trailer on another part of my property where the garage was that had been removed before I bought the property, however I still have a septic and separate electric meter there that was for the trailer and garage. The older home from the 80's had an attached garage as part of it's footprint. When I decided to make repairs/improvements to the small house I was told that I could not use it as a 2nd home nor could I change the footprint of the structure. Keep in mind that this small home also has it's own septic system but it's powered by the main house (not sure why they did that but it is what it is) They had passed a law in my county that said you can have only one permanent dwelling on your property(no matter the size of the property), but my small 2nd home was grandfathered in because it was an existing home when I bought it. However, I was greatly restricted on what I could do with it....even to the point of repairs to it. Nearly every contractor I hired for repairs asked me why I was even talking to the county, they said they make trouble for everyone. Nearly ever single one of them said most people don't even tell the county what their doing and they don't ask for their permission because of all the trouble and grief they cause. So now my small home is just sitting there half finished being used for storage because of the county regulations. To be able to use this home as a residence (for example- an in-law suite/house) I would have to subdivide the lot, change the electric so that it has it's own meter and many other things besides....It is frustrating that some government office, who doesn't live on my land, has any authority to tell me what I can and cannot do on MY land. Especially in homes that have been there for over 40 years. I feel your pain. Thanks for serving brother!

I had my car in my driveway and covered. My window was broke so I had the tags but didn’t put them on. My neighbor were moving and in a panic they had to leave some of the stuff so had to be out of the house. I said leave at my house and what I can’t sale in yard sale will haul off. The stuff was there two days when a police officer came to my house. He said someone noted that my car tags were expired and my driveway was junky. I explained that this weekend going to have yard sale and tags to car inside. I wasn’t drive the car because window broke. Now I want you to know that the car cover came to the ground. In order to see my license plate they would have had to lift up cover. The officer left and that was it. My neighbor is having a hard time financially and her yard got to high. Someone called the city. She said to me why couldn’t they have just came to me first. You’re right it wasn’t hurting no one so why is it any of their business.

Former USAF veteran here too. We are being over regulated in a society that now has a two tiered justice system. Keep on fighting the good fight. 🇺🇸

I'm a navy veteran and I have seen this country going down hill more in the last few years than any other time in my life time

I'm a disabled veteran and a retired Police Officer. I live in a town in Kansas. My house sits on 3 lots. I wanted to build a garage/shop on the back lot. You would have thought that I wanted to open a sewage pit or something. I tried doing everything the right way. Instead of using a platted road right-of-way to get to my new shop, they wanted me to pour a 180' long concrete driveway with a 25 degree incline from the front of my house to the shop. No way would I be able to get my truck and trailer up that. I explained that according to their own code that would be in violation. They then said that I could not use the platted road unless it was built, or I had a "special use permit". I pointed out to them that there was a fire hydrant at the corner of my rear lot. I asked them how a fire truck could get to it then. I've seen fire trucks pull behind my home to that hydrant to "test" it. After 6 months of back and forth, I got my City Council to actually come out and look at my property. The finally grew a pair and over-rode the Code Enforcement minions and issued me a "Special Use Permit". It requires that I maintain the easement and keep it open to Public Utilities and City Vehicles. I had to put down a road base and gravel before I could get my building permits.

Thank you for your service,and for standing up for your right!

I’m in Washington Co. Utah. My father won a bid to cut logs from/on Cedar Mountain (Iron Co. Utah) He cut the logs, then bought a mobile saw mill. This was in 1984. He built his house. He was newly retired at that time. In 1996 the house caught on fire up stares. Grandchildren with matches. The roof was severely damaged, the water from the firefighting severely damaged the floor up stairs/ ceiling for downstairs. The city inspector came over and told him he couldn’t repair the roof and ceiling/floor because the two by fours hadn’t been inspected. My dad knew an inspector and talked to him about it. The inspector said he could only inspect wood that came through the plant. The mayor told the inspector the roof could be replaced. When we did the log cutting, building your own home was legal. The laws changed by the time of the fire. We decided a lot of laws are for control, and for job security for specialization. When passing laws, it would be awesome for 5 laws to be taken off the books. More laws, less freedom.

I'm in PA. Lackawanna county. I tried to build an 8'X10' greenhouse with a wooden frame and plastic. The code officer wanted to charge me 92.00 for a permit. I told him that I'd take a chainsaw to it before I'd pay him a penny. I put deer fencing on it and a planter on both sides and planted morning glory's and told him that now it's a trellis and a permit isn't required for a trellis. He said that he had to check into that. Three years later he was still checking. I wonder if my statement about where the money goes and maybe the state should do an audit made him think twice?

I am former Army and Law Enforcement. Thank you for your service! I have a story that would blow your mind, that we are going through with our new home taxes, that the county had completely screwed up, to long and detailed to write about here, plus it may go to court. Justed wanted to let you know your not alone. Typical with local goverment. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. You will always pay the price for their mistakes or misunderstandings. I hope your issue was resolved to your liking and the problem has gone away. Best wishes... We have enjoyed your videos...