By Kat Stansell
April 2 2025
My grandmother spoke those words, in the 1950’s. The image above is of a desk plaque I rescued from her office after her death. I have it, today, on mine. I treasure it, above most all else I own, as it links me to those gone before, in heart and mind.
I’ll bet you thought that quote was something said in reaction to the latest news of the the illegitimate scam called “property taxes’” has recently come to light. No.
That plaque is 60+ years old.
If you want to understand what’s going on today, see my Substack, ‘Beware, Your Home May Not Be Your Own’, where I described the property tax siphon, sucking life savings from people’s bank accounts and into the pockets of politicians and developers.
That, however, is only the modern day dust cover to an old, old book.
See Jurski’s Journal for today’s rendition. He has done a fabulous job of it.
As a matter of fact, I am writing this in response to Kris’s asking for comments from readers who knew of a similar situation. He asked, “which state”. I want to share with him, but I need to expand that request into , “which decade”?
I have a family story to share.
To do that, I risk tagging my age to a generation, but I am proud to do so. I came from hard-working people who knew no other way. On the heels of WWI, my grandparents, both school teachers, opened a small agricultural and farm machinery company, to help our nation grow food. They knew what the country needed. Teachers, then, were smart about life, , not about trans-gendering or Marxist messaging.
We lived in Cincinnati, Ohio. Then, Kentucky, Southern Indiana and Ohio were mostly farms.
I worked at the family store , from childhood on, sweeping, cleaning the front store, measuring out the purchase of seeds from the big wooden bins (I still have the scoop), working in the parts department, driving truck. So, I understood my Grandmother when she lamented the government’s role in NOT helping the little guy.
We were he.
In 1937, the Ohio River flooded and destroyed our business. No matter what was done, FDR’s government had no help for us. We still had to pay taxes. And rebuild on our own. We were, after all, the little guy. His “New Deal” was for someone else, maybe a more “tragic” figure. (No, I wasn’t around then…but I listened, after I was..)
Before Roosevelt’s ascension to our national throne, America suffered The Great Depression. Hoover did nothing. FDR is credited for bringing us out of it. He did that, by changing our government into a “nanny state.” That government has controlled our lives ever since, with another World War to give us “purpose”. Some are looking to continue that death march, by starting WW III.
Herbert Hoover’s promises had been useless, for three+ years, as the nation suffered and Americans lost jobs and homes. AND HOMES. Those – like my family – who managed to scrape by and keep their businesses open, were utterly ignored. Taxes were still due. FDR’s “New Deal” was for others.
We all lived in a two-flat and everybody helped with the mortgage.
It was during this time, that my grandparents formed their feelings about our national government, and I inherited mine. Can you blame us?? What is being done to hard-working Americans today is no different than it was then, just wrapped in different trappings. We today have common cause with our forebearers.
Look back at my Grandma’s words, above. FDR’s New Deal did not help them. It seemed to avoid small businesses and the plight of ordinary Americans, which – then as today – were the heart of our economic lifeline. America’s homeowners are the same, today.
Program and methodology have changed, but the control has kept on. Donald Trump has an incredible task ahead, to turn the corner back to a Constitutional Republic. Pray that he can.
Our current President may be THE one who can change this decades’-long theft of the achievements of working Americans . We should not lose our lifetime investment in our homes or our businesses because of the grift of the political class. I know he knows that.
To help, though, DJT MUST get his DOJ in gear, to bring forth, and act on, the amicus curiae briefs currently on Bondi’s desk. As of this moment, 37% of American homeowners stand to lose their primary lifetime investment, their homes. See my previous substack for how and why. Better yet, go to Jurski’s Journal.
The case has been presented to DC. We are waiting to hear what they will do.
All I wanted to do today, is to answer Kris Jurski on where and when we have experienced the government tax grab. Hope my family story adds to the annals, because this is not a new problem. That is my message.
Taxes and government neglect of the working American, have been a controlling factor in our lives for a LOOONG time.
We MUST change that, and start by ridding our government of the politician/developer class that has stolen our very sovereignty.
How to do that?
YOU know. Act locally. Most of you have felt the sting of wildly increasing property taxes. Get those politicians who support this theft, OUT office asap.
© 2025 Kat Stansell – All Rights Reserved
E-Mail Kat Stansell: katvanatt@protonmail.com
