so...what do i own?

world financial markets are pretty much collapsing, and no-one can get a calculator out and add it all up beause: 1.) no-one really wants to, and 2.) there's so much obfuscation going on about financial instruments as those who run the economy try to dodge responsibillity for all this that no-one may be able to. i could be deeper into my austerity program much more quickly than i thought...i'm looking at contingencies...i have enough to pay off the oustanding balance on the house, and i was thinking i'd at least be out of the elements...but then i thought about taxes and the distinct possibillty that local government might take the house if i defaulted on the taxes (how would they sell it?)...from there i began pondering about exactly what it is that's truly mine...all the big investment items i have ( the house and the vehicles) are subject to taxes...failure to pay those taxes ends with the seizure of ther real-estate, and the vehicles are rendered useless by increasing levels of negative sanctions in the form of fines and possible jail time for continued driving with expired plates, false and ficticious registration, etc. so the catagory of things i "own" are contingent on my abillity to continue paying for their use even after the original "seller" has been paid-off and i hold the "title" to them...i "own" them, but the government can take them away if i stop paying taxes...odd...so what constitutes ownership? in a broad sense i own nothing material because i won't physically be here forever...it's more like i have exclusive rights to their use until then...so what do i own? what do i control? we're left with thoughts and actions- how i relate to others and how i think about those relationships...this is ample enough to satisfy me and keep me busy...i'd better start paying more attention.