The least understood but most consequential characteristic of government is that it operates on and derives all of its influence from its real estate roots. Governmental organizations of all sizes have been based, since they first were organized over ten thousand years ago, on control of real estate.  Whoever controls a piece of real estate controls all of the activities conducted upon it.  A quick look at the map of Europe reveals that every inch of it is under control of one government or another. This may seem to be so obvious as to not be worth mentioning, yet every day we all experience the reach of government depending upon on what piece of real estate we live. Once a governmental administration seizes control of a piece of real estate it has virtually unlimited power to exercise its ability to regulate almost all human activity.     And the most direct power it exercises is based on the power it has seized to levy property taxes. The...(Read Full Article)