[wintertime]

Ok....So there is some expense for the government to “defend the title” to a property. Hm?....That might be $20 or $30 a year, maybe? How much does it cost for a nurse to maintain her license per year? Taking care of a title to a home or business is likely in the same cost range.

If the government needs to provide other services, fine! Tax people in the most transparent and least costly to collect manner to cover the cost of these services. Don't turn property owners into renters.

[wideawake]

Again, you are simplifying.

A tenant has no right to dispose of property yet still pays rent - rent which generally covers all of the owner's property taxes plus a substantial amount over and above those taxes.

An owner has the right to dispose of the property as he sees fit - to sell it, devise it, and leave it to heirs.

Characterizing property tax as rent is simply not correct.

And property tax no longer just supports title as it did in the olden days when there was no electrical grid, no public sewerage, no public fire protection, no paved roads, no public schooling etc.

If you want medieval taxes, you'll get medieval infrastructure.