I personally object to property taxes on the principle that it is impossible to truly “own” any property subject to such taxes. At least the British are honest about such levies and they refer to them as ‘rent’ because if they are not paid to your landlord then you find out who truly OWNS your property!
I absolutely agree.
But the idea of a property tax made much more sense in the early days of the republic. That is before income taxes and other taxes.
In the early days of our republic only those with property paid any taxes at all and only those with property could vote. There for only those who paid taxes could vote and therefore only those who paid taxes could vote for those who spent those taxes or could raise taxes.
Now any citizen (theoretically) who hasn’t committed a felony can vote for any socialist that trip his fancy.
When I was a kid, they would teach that the BIG difference between Capitalism and Communism was the private ownership of land. To find out who REALLY owns your land, don’t pay your property taxes, and wait a bit*. So, this is a distinction without a difference.
*except, of course, in Detroit. There, paying property taxes is optional, and only for rich people anyway.