I agree. I was absolutely astonished upon reaching adulthood to learn that people have to pay just to own a piece of property. My immediate thought was that you don't actually own it, you just rent it from the government.
We are taxed in so many sundry ways, and so much of what it is spent on I despise and oppose.
At least property taxes do go for things that are local, as opposed to Federal Taxes that go God knows where.
What should the funding source be for police, fire fighting, local schools, garbage collection, maintenance of streets and roads, libraries etc.?